Sounds like someone should read Atlas Shrugged
> > Why not. If the government wants to help commerce, it should help > commerce. > If they can pay farmers for not farming, they should pay WISPS they injure. > If they wipe out service providers they should be forced to buy them out. > Just like imminent domain. You want my field for your highway, buy it. > Building a dam that wipes out my farm, buy it. There is an implied > covenant > of good faith and fair dealing whenever the government does a deal. This > is > part of contract law everywhere. The the government is one party, the > people are the other. It is not good faith or fair dealing to hurt the > people. > > > >We don't pay buggy-and-whip tax on our cars either. > Actually you do, federal excise tax on tires... > > Jared > >