[NMLUG] Re: allofmp3.com (ru)

[Don at Silver-Lynx.com (Don Wilde)]

James Hamilton wrote:

> 
> Given that our representitive government represents those that can 
> best pay for representation this solution is invalid for me.  I'm 
> poor and offer no lobby.  The other issue is that I don't think most 
> congress persons read much of the legislation that they sign off on.
> 
> 
Another issue is that so much of what happens in Washington happens by
means of monster 'appropriations' bills where unrelated crap is inserted 
willy-nilly. There is no way to refuse some parts without destroying the 
government.

This is one set of reasons why we Libertarians advocate removing power
from Washington. At least, with our solution, the more effective sets of
congresscritters (at the state level) collect revenues from productive 
and happy citizens, and the corrupt get lynched. If you don't like one 
state's policies, either change them or vote with your feet.

Part of the reason RIAA et al have power is because there is a 
monolithic power structure they can "buy". There's nobody to blow the 
whistle, especially now that newscritters are reading the Governor's 
scripts and defending their actions. If there was a ZMA to look over the 
AMA's shoulders, for instance, I'm sure we'd have much better health 
care. Likewise, if New York pointed out Connecticut's idiocies and 
vice-versa, we'd at least see that thinking people in government see the 
idiocies. Now, it's perfectly okay that a-holes run amok, because nobody 
(with the ear of the public) blows the whistle any more.

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