Almost 200 years ago, French observer Alexis de Tocqueville warned - TopicsExpress



          

Almost 200 years ago, French observer Alexis de Tocqueville warned Americans about a new kind of despotism, not the tyrannical kings of Europe but rather the tyranny of too many laws. He predicted that the people’s own elected lawmakers would generate stifling regulations meant for their own good. Such a network of “complicated rules,” he warned, “enervates, extinguishes and stupefies a people.” That’s precisely how Americans feel.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:41:39 +0000

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