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…

Crony Capitalism Creates Illusion of Free Market

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More Than 500 People Charged For Operating Illegal Marijuana Businesses In LA:
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/09/07/marijuana-businesses-los-angeles-dispensaries-criminal-charges/

The Los Angeles City Attorney has announced it had filed more than 100 criminal cases against hundreds of people suspected of operating illegal marijuana businesses.

Mike Feuer said that with the help of the LAPD, it had filed 120 cases with charges against 515 people. Feuer said 105 locations, including dispensaries, grow-houses, delivery services and extraction sites, were involved.

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My Commentary: Crony capitalism creates the illusion of a free market, while the real tyranny is hidden in plain view…

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?

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’.”