Regulating in Today’s Amerika – Officials ‘Drone’ on About Issues They Don’t Understand

One of the most frustrating things about America circa 2016 is there is virtually nothing any of us can do—start a business, invent a technology, remodel our house, become a barber, go to the beach—that doesn’t come with a long set of rules enforced by myriad branches of government.

Check out the “prohibited” sign at the entrance of any park you visited on Independence Day. And that “become a barber” thing isn’t a joke. If you want to cut hair for a living, you better check with the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, which governs everything down to the proper display of a “barber pole.” This is true for almost every trade and profession.

Members of both major parties are equally zealous over what rules they want to promulgate and enforce. The only difference between both sides these days is which particular rules they like and which particular ones they don’t like.

Too many people sorta believe in small government.