When Speaker Pelosi said, "we won't know what is in it [Health Care Bill] until we pass it," she was accurate. The Agency will write the RULES, not Congress and RULES are not subject to Congressional votes.
Congress, whether under Democrats or Republicans, creates Agencies with the power to make and enforce RULES including but not limited to jail time and/or fines for violators. With RULES come ENFORCERS pseudo federal police to arrest and charge violators.
Secretary Napolitano writes RULES for the TSA which put an average traveler into a zone without Constitutional rights. Speech or a flinch can result in arrest and/or detention without reading of rights. End up in the TSA's Plexiglas prison and your rights are gone. A mother is detained for over 40 minutes and misses her flight as she attempts use printed RULES showing breast milk may bypassing X-RAY. She cannot sue the TSA agents?
The Endangered Species Act is immune from individual's property rights meaning a farmer on encountering an endangered species might be more prone to shoot the thing and bury the evidence then risk losing their livelihood. RULES often backfire.
2/3rds of poisonings are from prescription drugs, yet the FDA, created to 'protect us' from snake oil sales, is not questioned or held responsible and now has additional powers to require expensive testing and approvals of natural or holistic products bankrupting small producers in favor of monopoly pharmaceuticals. Corporatism/Fascism at its worst.
SWAT teams raid a private club for raw milk and cheese purchases. "Some people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. 'How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?' one says. Regulators say the RULES exist for safety and fairness." Notice "RULES;" not "LAWS"
During the 1930's, families rented rooms and provided board at minimal rates but today the RULES require separate entrances and private baths meaning many live on the street instead. That's CRAZY.. but since Congress doesn't specifically pass RULES, we cannot repeal or even modify them.
To save us from the encroaching federal police state based on enforcing RULES never passed by Congress, can our new Congress require AGENCY's RULES either be advisory or subject to Congressional votes to be enforced like LAW?
The new Congress cannot mend our economy without access to Agency RULES. I hope its corrected quickly.
