Another poor excuse for the government to take our money!

Last Wednesday (April 15th), Warren Mayor Jim Fouts was issued a $100 ticket for going five miles over the speed limit on 12 Mile Road near Ryan. The police officer initially gave Fouts a warning, but the mayor insisted that he receive a ticket. Fouts quipped 'government officials aren't above the law. There's a perception that it's not what you know, but who you know. If I
don't respect the law, how can I expect others to?' Fouts, who was caught speeding while driving his 2009 Dodge Charger to show his support for the American auto industry, said his car attracts police. This is the thanks he gets for buying American? To make matters worse, he was ticketed on tax day.

While the mayor did the right thing by paying the fine, the libertarian in me wants to demand why he should pay in the first place? Violent crime is on the rise with all these mass shootings.
We have at least 12 million illegal aliens in America, many of whom have committed felonies like murder, rape, and drug smuggling. But Janet Reno thought a six-year-old Cuban boy was such a threat to the national security of the United States that she sent dozens of armed thugs to grab Elian Gonzales in the middle of night and send him back to Cuba. Our government has become more than oppressive enough as it is. The Democrats in Washington are running the federal government to the left of the Soviet Union. Our debt is approaching $11 trillion and will double within the next decade, but there's no talk of slapping our politicians with heavy fines. Taxes are skyrocketing at all levels of government everywhere. And now to add insult to injury, a Warren cop extracted an extra $100 from his boss for going five miles over the government-posted speed limit. Gimme a break!

This is just a sad microcosm of how the government will use any dumb excuse to take more of our hard-earned money. The government is making people starve with high taxes as it is. Mayor Fouts was not driving drunk or recklessly. He wasn't harming a sole. He got smacked with a $100 fine for going 5 miles over what the government says we should do. That's ridiculous! Any decent American could be nabbed for that. Meanwhile, Tim Geithner, who owed ten of thou-sands of dollars in taxes for several years, now runs the Treasury Department and the Internal
Revenue Service. We have to voice our concerns against big government. I got it. Let's hold massive tea parties across America.

G.J. LaRouche, 20 April 2009
Source: Steve Neavling (Free Press staff writer)