What else is being wipe out?
We know big government does not have all the answers. We know there’s not a program for every problem. We have worked to give the American people a smaller, less bureaucratic government in Washington. And we have to give the American people one that lives within its means.
The era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves. Instead, we must go forward as one America, one nation working together to meet the challenges we face together. Self-reliance and teamwork are not opposing virtues; we must have both.
On the one hand this is really not that important, just another bill that nobody really notice. But its significance is in its mere existence. Government become so intrusive, so involved in areas it should never been involved with, that such bills doesn’t seems evil (or at least ridiculous) as they truly are. It is sad to acknowledge that it is now acceptable in the “Era of small government” to use the government monopoly of the mean of violence to ensure the existence of toilet papers in restaurants…
A proposed law currently making its way through the Florida legislature might help you with what can be an embarrassing problem. Here’s the bottom line, the bill would be a mandate that all eating establishment must have enough toilet paper when you go into the restroom.
The only problem is the bill doesn’t dictate how much toilet paper is "enough."
The question is obviously not the technical question of what constitute “enough” toilet paper, but when will we say enough!
(Via LRC)
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Rogel @ March 13, 2008
haha…I don’t have a square to spare. I can’t spare a square.