Originally Posted By fp1201:
PRIOR RESTRAINT.
When this Country was founded right through the industrial revolution, man was free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness; now to do any of these things we must ask, pay, or even litigate for permission, permits, licenses, et.al to do anything!
We have allowed .gov to intrude into our very exsistance to the point where anything you say or do can be the focal point of attack by some zelot from the Government.
That and the fact that I was the only kid without the flu in 1971 when the teacher explained the value of interchangable parts and how it aided the industrial revolution.
Originally Posted By fp1201:
PRIOR RESTRAINT.
When this Country was founded right through the industrial revolution, man was free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness; now to do any of these things we must ask, pay, or even litigate for permission, permits, licenses, et.al to do anything!
We have allowed .gov to intrude into our very exsistance to the point where anything you say or do can be the focal point of attack by some zelot from the Government.
Well, except that you are completely wrong.
Corporations have been granted legal permission to exist by governments for at least the last 400 years. In fact, most of the endeavors that led to colonization of north America were granted royal charters by the English crown.
The East India Company was created by royal charter in 1600
The Virginia Company was granted by royal charter in 1606
If the founding fathers had not wanted government to regulate corporations and business, they could have EASILY written that into the Constitution or Bill of Rights. They did not. Instead they focused on individual rights and liberties and left to the states the power to regulate commerce.
