Everything from permits required for people who eat fire for a living to abortion and voter restrictions the likes of which we’ve never seen – the United States have an awful lot of new laws going into effect tomorrow. I’ve been trying to find a list of all 40,000 new laws, but all that’s out there are examples of some of the most notable. Most of the more intrusive of the new 40,000 laws on the books can be attributed to the states that won a Republican majority in the 2010 “Tea Party” election. Written and/or enacted by people who preach small government and then create thousands of new laws that do nothing more than push government even more into our every day lives and prevent us the freedom of making our own decisions. Common sense, people! If you want government out of your lives, you can’t elect people who run on social ideology and religious agendas. On EITHER side of the political fence…. but at least the Democrats try to help people rather than restrict and exclude them with their new laws.
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There are some good new laws, of course, as well as some necessary ones, and probably a lot that have little impact at all. However, overall when looking at the 40,000 new laws package that all the work of the state and federal government wrote in 2011 to go into effect in 2012, there are a lot of laws that are trying, in essence, to exclude people from community or processes. The justice department already rejected the South Carolina voter restriction laws! We’re just lucky that due to its history of this sort of thing they’re nt allowed to pass voter laws without federal approval. But what happens to the other states? They go into effect. I in no way support voter fraud, but there’s no proof that it’s happening, and it’s 100% clear at whom these laws are targeted. It’s shameful.
The fear over immigration and voter fraud sparked amazing new laws to be enacted in 2012 – and mostly in states where there’s absolutely NO CAUSE. Basically you have one or two people who make these paranoid vissions their life’s work, then shop custom written bills around to any and every state who will listen to them.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t most of the voter restriction “ID” laws authored by one person from the mid-west somewhere? What’s THAT guy’s problem? And why is he pushing his made up voter fraud problem onto other states?
For those true Republicans out there: remember small government. Small government is NOT what the laws being passed by Republican led state houses. Look at actions not stump speeches.
40,000 new laws for 2012. How’s that for small government. What would Reagan say? ;)
Links with examples of all the laws:
The Daily Mail actually has a decent list worth reading:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2080770/Golf-cart-horns-efficient-light-bulbs-end-happy-hour-The-40-000-new-laws-set-effect-midnight.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
and since we’re on “Daily”, might as well put in the Daily Caller list as well:
http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/29/40000-laws-were-enacted-in-2011-legislature-group-says/
and…
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/year-laws-states-ban-texting-driving-require-voter-id-2012-article-1.997810
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-29/us/us_new-laws-2012_1_new-laws-e-verify-immigration?_s=PM:US
or…
Once I find an more truncated list of the 40,000 new laws… wow… I’ll do my best to post an update here.
