Timothy C. May, sounding much like 'The Bok', which is not hard for rational people to do these days, wrote:
And Big Brother gets more intrusive every year. A person like me who wants to hire some Mexicans for work out at my house faces a triple whammy.
First, I'm supposed to fill out various forms to hire them And so long as folks aren't in line to become Attorney General, or the Feds are not looking for an excuse to bust them, this ignoring the reporting laws is probably not too dangerous.
The purpose of many laws seems to be to ensure that anyone, anywhere, at any time, is breaking at least a few of them, in case the government chooses to come after them.
Second, I'm supposed to verify the "right to work" of any applicant. I'm supposed to demand documentation, and to somehow be able to detect forgeries.
Thus, anyone who is not Houdini, or who doesn't have access to the same records/databases as covert government agencies, is probably committing criminal actions without knowing it.
Third, I'd better watch what questions I ask, though.
Gotcha either way, don't they?
There are other whammies, too.
Tim gives an example, but he would have to fill an entire book in order to cover a even a modicum of situations applicable to the average person.
(Somewhere along the line we lost the right to hire and fire whom we chose to. Now all such decisions must be documented, and produced on demand.
The safest route is to fire the white guy. Anything else is an obvious act of discrimination. (I am not making any claim that the reverse has not been the case in the past, but only that the situation is equally as evil in either situation. 'Revenge' does not equate to 'Justice'.)
Used to be that the economy had plenty of "niches" for people unable or unwilling to compete for more demanding/mechanical/factory jobs...the aforementioned handymen and maids, etc.
I know a businessman who had to lay off twenty disabled/retarded employees because he couldn't afford the cost of defending himself against charges that he was somehow taking advantage of them. They kept showing up for work, however, so he turned to me to set up a system whereby he could reward them for their 'volunteer' work. Now, even that is being challenged, even though their lives are immeasurably better as a result of his effort to enable them to be productive, functional members of society.
In my view, this was a more natural, normal, almost "tribal" way of living. Those with lesser mental or ambition skills could still do something of use for those who worked hard or had skills in demand.
The fact of the matter is, many who have become 'rich' have done so by working night and day, as well as going broke a number of times, with no more resources to work with than those who choose to squander their own resources on drink, drugs and wanton living (Trust me, I am somewhat of an expert in the latter.)
The further result: those who can't fit into jobs worthy of minimum wage (which is actually more than the official rate, given the need for tax accountants to manage them, forms to be kept current, training to be given because the public schools failed, insurance, etc.) are unemployable. Then the State steps in and pays them not to work.
At the tender age of 19, I received massive amounts of electroshock and given a lifetime pass to government assistance as a person who would never be fit to work in even the simplest of positions. Since that time, I have worked in a multitude of fields, including becoming a recording artist, mob figure, and president of a computer company. (None of which negates the fact that I am, indeed, crazy as a fucking loon.) In my mind, those stuck in the social welfare-state are not in any way different from those stuck in the corporate welfare-state. They have all bought into the government world-view and are merely pawns in different aspects of the game. I see no real difference in the ghetto resident who is paid not to work, and the Congressman who is paid not to grow cotton on his plantation.
Here in Kalifornia, garbage is strewn around the freeways. Convicts no longer are sent out (though drunk drivers, being politically incorrect, sometimes are). Nor are welfare recipients sent out to pick up garbage. No, this would all be demeaning. Better to have CalTrans employees do the work. Oh, and these CalTrans "transportation engineers" have starting salaries of $32,000 a year. A bit high for garbage collectors, but, hey, if it was any lower they could go on welfare and make just as much. This is how skewed our economy has become, thanks to government meddling in economic transactions.
Some of those who see the world from this realistic viewpoint walk into a Denny's and blow people away, for no apparent reason. Some join an organization to 'change' things. Others write letters to the CypherPunks list. Some just change their name to Nero, and learn to play the violin. Still others, making their mark in the world as movers and shakers in the burgeoning world of eca$h, come to their senses and realize that the safest harbor of reality, in the midst of madness, is in the center of the storm, and they post messages saying, "I *love* this list."
Other rants are obvious, such as why in 48 out of the 50 states a person on welfare earns the equivalent of $1500 or more a month, far, far higher than minimum wage....in other words, the taxpaying shlubs working for $5.75 an hour at Taco Bell are subsidizing others to stay at home watching t.v. and smoking crack and getting paid more than they're making....
For most American coloreds, the situation is hopeless until welfare as we know it is ended. (And people are free to engage in economic transactions of their choosing.) Some innocents will suffer, of course. But there's no other way.
It is just as hopeless for those 'in power'. We are all trapped on a runaway train, trying desperately to hang on, in the mistaken notion that someone is 'in control' of the situation, and will soon find some way to 'fix' it. Bad news, Bubba--the 'train' is in control, and there is no one at the wheel. I could go on and on, but I'm running low on Crayolas. It is getting harder and harder to find the 'old' colors, and the 'new' colors are part of the plot against me. Everyone at the 'home' says, "Hi!" -- Toto "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html