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"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Thursday, March 21, 2013

"I'm from the Government and I'm here to fine you... for everything!" NJ town fines businesses for leaving lights on

Government is the biggest extortionist at all levels! m/r

NJ town fines businesses for leaving lights on - New York News | NYC Breaking News
Mar 21, 2013  full short post  
NEW JERSEY (MYFOXNY.COM) -
Businesses in Paramus, New Jersey are getting tickets when they leave their sign lights on.
Paramus has a quality of life ordinance that fines businesses $200 or more, plus $33 in court costs, if their signs don't go dark after 11 p.m.  
All stores must close by 11 p.m. in Paramus.
Business owner Kathy Billard and her husband own Alternate Heat on Route 17.  She said she had no idea her sign was a problem until after she got fined.
"We've been her for 25 years and never had an issue," Billard says.
Her husband also says merchants should be allowed to pay the fine online or by mail instead of having to spend hours waiting in court.
40 businesses have received fine notices so far in 2013.


Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/21759392/nj-town-fines-businesses-for-leaving-lights-on#ixzz2ODxL4cDZ
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