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To: Protagoras
What particular freedoms have you lost? What are you not free to do?

I know there are many things we can't do that those before could. An example being our ancestors could shoot all the ducks they wanted - we are regulated by game laws --- is this bad? There are many such cases and some may be a real burden; however, "relative" to other cuntries we enjoy much freedom.

What specifically would you change relative to your freedoms (examples)?

36 posted on 12/13/2004 11:08:20 AM PST by RAY (They that do right are all heroes!)
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To: RAY
What particular freedoms have you lost? What are you not free to do?

Here are a few, they are general catagories, if you get into specific cases the list would eat the bandwidth.

Start a business without permission.
Repair our own homes in our own way.
Choose our own retirement plan.
Choose not to have a retirement plan.
Educate our children in our own way.
Make our own business arrangements.
Choose our own medications.
Choose our own transportation.
Choose to opt out of giving information to government about our business.
Choose to keep our financial affairs confidential.
Choose to support our candidates without limitations.

38 posted on 12/13/2004 11:19:51 AM PST by Protagoras (Christmas is not a secular holiday)
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To: RAY

""What particular freedoms have you lost? What are you not free to do?
Here are a few, they are general catagories, if you get into specific cases the list would eat the bandwidth.

Start a business without permission.
Repair our own homes in our own way.
Choose our own retirement plan.
Choose not to have a retirement plan.
Educate our children in our own way.
Make our own business arrangements.
Choose our own medications.
Choose our own transportation.
Choose to opt out of giving information to government about our business.
Choose to keep our financial affairs confidential.
Choose to support our candidates without limitations.""

**Also what about -The affirmative-action laws and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Employee hirings and building codes. How about if a guy wants to smoke a cigarette nowadays - in public?


45 posted on 12/13/2004 12:38:06 PM PST by wkdaysoff (68.3% of all Statistics are made up.)
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