Comments on: [Column] Lawmakers will do the deciding for us http://lederman.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/11/column-lawmakers-will-do-the-deciding-for-us/202/ The way things should be... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: rlederman http://lederman.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/11/column-lawmakers-will-do-the-deciding-for-us/202/#comment-578 rlederman Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:17:36 +0000 http://lederman.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/11/column-lawmakers-will-do-the-deciding-for-us/#comment-578 No, John, because I'd still be paying for them, wouldn't I? Not using them doesn't make them go away. Your logic is like saying that, if I don't like the government providing parks, my not using them makes them go away. My money still goes toward that function. Since I'm never going to use the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska, the federal government having once been ready to pay for it shouldn't bother me, since I won' t be using it. That said, is now the time to reference the success of the U.S.D.A.? Are you having a tomato with that toast to government protecting us? No, John, because I’d still be paying for them, wouldn’t I? Not using them doesn’t make them go away. Your logic is like saying that, if I don’t like the government providing parks, my not using them makes them go away. My money still goes toward that function. Since I’m never going to use the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska, the federal government having once been ready to pay for it shouldn’t bother me, since I won’ t be using it.

That said, is now the time to reference the success of the U.S.D.A.? Are you having a tomato with that toast to government protecting us?

]]> By: John Curry http://lederman.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/11/column-lawmakers-will-do-the-deciding-for-us/202/#comment-577 John Curry Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:11:37 +0000 http://lederman.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/11/column-lawmakers-will-do-the-deciding-for-us/#comment-577 Mr. Lederman, In reference to your Lima News article re. payday lenders (Lawmakers will do the deciding for us) : Were you aware that HB 545 (now O.R.C.) included a provision for banks and other lending institutions to provide small short-term loans as now addressed in Section 135.68? I find your statement, "To be sure, some people aren't capable of making these decisions. Most of the rest of the nation calls them children. Ohio lawmakers call them constituents," somewhat amusing. You might remember that the next time you go to the filling station and buy 20 gallons of gasoline and are guaranteed that the pump is really selling you 20 gallons as it, by law, was mandatorily inspected by your county's government and.... your stop for burgers insured you of safe meat as the U.S.D.A. (once again) mandatorily inspected it. Your trip for burgers and gas was accomplished on D.O.T. approved (for safety, your safety) tires and your brakes and window glass also had to meet federal safety inspections. All of those, as well as payday lender regulations, were done for your and my well-being and safety. You seem to forget that the public deserves their government to be responsible for the well-being of the public. I suppose that if you don't like the government looking out for your well-being, and that of the public, you could always buy a horse for transportation and pack your lunch with home-grown vegetables and home-butchered meat...then you'd eliminate a lot of those meddlesome and intrusive laws, wouldn't you? John Wapakoneta Mr. Lederman,

In reference to your Lima News article re. payday lenders (Lawmakers will do the deciding for us) : Were you aware that HB 545 (now O.R.C.) included a provision for banks and other lending institutions to provide small short-term loans as now addressed in Section 135.68?

I find your statement, “To be sure, some people aren’t capable of making these decisions. Most of the rest of the nation calls them children. Ohio lawmakers call them constituents,” somewhat amusing.

You might remember that the next time you go to the filling station and buy 20 gallons of gasoline and are guaranteed that the pump is really selling you 20 gallons as it, by law, was mandatorily inspected by your county’s government and…. your stop for burgers insured you of safe meat as the U.S.D.A. (once again) mandatorily inspected it. Your trip for burgers and gas was accomplished on D.O.T. approved (for safety, your safety) tires and your brakes and window glass also had to meet federal safety inspections. All of those, as well as payday lender regulations, were done for your and my well-being and safety. You seem to forget that the public deserves their government to be responsible for the well-being of the public.

I suppose that if you don’t like the government looking out for your well-being, and that of the public, you could always buy a horse for transportation and pack your lunch with home-grown vegetables and home-butchered meat…then you’d eliminate a lot of those meddlesome and intrusive laws, wouldn’t you?

John
Wapakoneta

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