... "Most parents are irresponsible and must not be trusted"...

This is from Gary North. He and others like Otto Scott have been warning that we are being tyrannized by beurocrats. They are nameless and faceless so we cannot really fixate on them and say "stop them". They are not elected by us , so we cannot vote them out. Elected officials can stand around and say "its not us." But there are millions of these little tyrants and they do get their power from the elected ones. It is a fourth branch of government that exists apart from the contitution. Today Gary had a column that explained the problem well.....this is from the members side.

Children's Books Published Before 1985 Were Put in Thrift Store Dumpsters on February 10, 2009. It Is the Law.Gary North

...On February 10, workers in America's thrift stores tossed out every children's book that was printed prior to 1985. That is the law.....

Congress has spoken. Well, not quite. The bureaucrats who use Congress as their hand puppet, agency by agency, have spoken....

They invent a presumed threat and then terrorize Congress into passing a 500-page bill that no Congressman has read. Then the bureaucrats add more regulations in the name of this 500-page law.

This has gone on since 1913, and it will continue to go on until the system finally breaks down. This is the logic of the system....

Congress passed the enabling legislation law last year:...It has 239 sections...skim it: "Most parents are irresponsible and must not be trusted". ...
This seems insane, but it is the relentless logic of the State: "Nothing is permitted unless authorized by the State."

The Federal government has authorized abortion on demand. But, once a parent allows a child to be born, that parent is not be allowed to buy the child a pre-1985 book. Such books are too dangerous for children....

...Americans have surrendered their liberties to Washington, one by one. The process is relentless. No insanity is too great for the bureaucrats. Yet the public is oblivious.

It stems from a simple assumption: "My neighbors are irresponsible. They must not be allowed to make voluntary exchanges, no matter how harmless." This belief leads to a principle of law: Nothing is allowed unless authorized by the State....