Politics ruins more lives

My favorite quote attributed to Ayn Rand -- which strangely enough the Rand scholars I know cannot place -- goes, "I am involved in politics so that someday I will no longer have to be involved in politics." Unfortunately, the politics of today's total state don't leave people much choice.

The link in the title takes you to a newswire article from earlier this week, "N.C. charter boat captains jump into politics." Charter boat captains have felt the intrusive idiot hand of government and find they must organize and lobby instead of spending their time doing what they love. The morons in Raleigh who know nothing of real life but think they are experts on everything have levied new taxes, licensces and fees on this group in the name of protecting the fisheries.

From the article: "Just going through the legislative process, we realized our legislators don't have a clue about what we contribute to the economy of this state," said Britton Shackelford of Manteo, a charter-boat captain who in April organized about 25 colleagues to form North Carolina Watermen United. "And they basically have passed another tax on a redundantly taxed business."

In the article, you'll find a lot of stupid blather about what so-called experts think the charter boat captains really want. I'll tell you what they really want -- to be free to just live their lives. Unfortunately, so many of the experts are so wrapped up in the idea that the state must have a law governing and limiting every little aspect of life that they just can't see the simple human desire to live their lives in peace.

Another fine example of how the law destroys productivity and is just a huge bummer for evryone who actually wants to do something decent and enjoyable with their lives.