We live in a lawless place; we are living amidst a lawless society.  I can agree with Charles Reich on this.

A place where there is no taxation with representation.  My children have each been handed a bill for $140,000 for the national debt and taxes to pay it off by a government for which they cannot even vote.

A place where where what passes for representation continually violates our privacy, sneaking in legislation to spy on us without any consideration for our personal sovereignty.

A place where women have less and less value, having fewer rights with even less representation.

[sigh]

Maybe it's not living.

7:51:48 PM    comment []

"Viewed in a broader perspective, it can be seen that for each status, class, and position in society, there is a different set of laws.  There is one set of laws for the welfare recipient, one for the businessman.  There is one set of laws for the government employee, another for the congressman.  There is one set of laws for the farmer, another for the writer.  These differences are not limited to any particular area or subject matter; for example, the constitutional right of privacy is treated differently for a businessman or farmer than for a welfare recipient.  A person receiving Medicare is required to take a loyalty oath; others are not.  If "law" means a general rule to govern a community of people, then in most literal and precise sense we have no law; we are a lawless society..."

-- Charles A. Reich

7:17:41 AM    comment []