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Petty Bureaucracy Serves to Disenfranchise the Poor

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Lawsuit: Oregon’s Suspension of Driver’s Licenses for Traffic Fines ‘Punishes the Poor’:
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/09/suit_oregons_suspension_of_dri.html

(Maxine Bernstein) Suspending a driver’s license because of unpaid traffic fines unfairly targets poor people and is unconstitutional, a class-action lawsuit alleges.

The Oregon Law Center is representing five plaintiffs from Portland, Baker City, Pendleton and Mission who have had their driver’s licenses suspended for years or decades because they can’t afford to pay their spiraling debt from traffic violations.

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My Commentary: Keep telling yourself that all of this petty bureaucracy, and the “need” for it is about safety, rather than disenfranchisement… Keep clamoring for our enslavement…

But, Without Government, Who Would Abuse and Rob the Innocent?

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Cops Raid Licensed Chef’s Home, Steal His Cooking Equipment—for Feeding the Homeless:
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-raid-licensed-chefs-home-steal-cooking-equipment-food-homeless/

(Matt Agorist) A kind and loving local chef woke up Tuesday morning to a dozen cops and health department officials raiding his home. Khemuel “Chef” Sanders had his business shut down, all of his equipment stolen by the state, and his life ruined because he made food in his home to give to the homeless.

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My Commentary: But, without government, who would abuse and rob the innocent?

But, Without Government, Who Would Run a Legal Extortion Racket that Disenfranchises the Self-Employed?

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Colorado’s Absurd War on Online Dog Walking Services:
http://reason.com/archives/2017/05/03/colorados-absurd-war-on-online-dog-walki

() In over 10,000 cities in all 50 states, the online platform Rover offers pet owners the ability to connect with walkers and sitters with the ease that characterizes the growing sharing economy. There are over 100,000 people who earn money by working with the platform and Rover is just one of many “pet sharing” sites.

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My Commentary: But, without government, who would run a legal extortion racket that not only disenfranchises individuals from self-employment, but also artificially eliminates competition for larger businesses, in the process?

State Forces People into Homelessness Over Possession of Small Quantities of Cannabis

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Police Having People Evicted from Homes for Small Amount of Marijuana:
http://sprout.news/evicted-small-amount-marijuana/

() Police in Washington DC are taking advantage of nuisance abatement laws to target renters and homeowners for possession of tiny amounts of cannabis.

Rajuawn Middleton’s son moved out of her home years earlier, but that did not stop police in the nations capital from raiding her home in a search for guns they allege he was harboring. In fact, in the end, the son was never charged with any crime related to the allegations.

During the raid in March 2014, however, a single joint was found in her possession. As a result she was eventually forced to move out of her home.

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My Commentary: And, once these families are disenfranchised, and forced into homelessness by the State, most will require government “assistance” to get by…

“Government: breaks your leg, offers you a crutch, then says, ‘See, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be able to walk’.”