Do you want to learn something, are just looking for another dead horse to beat?
Do you really think the rest of Free Republic is ignorant of the nature of government and just needs you to straighten us out?
It just means that the bureaucrats now have control over who plays the game.
Check your assumptions. The bureaucrats have always had control over the game. The difference now is that the bureaucrats have to go on record as to when they will say yes. Before this, the answer was simply, "No, and don't bother asking."
Far from it. I just think YOU are ignorant of the nature of government, and it is beyond my humble capacity to enlighten one of such limited vision.
The bureaucrats have always had control over the game. The difference now is that the bureaucrats have to go on record as to when they will say yes. Before this, the answer was simply, "No, and don't bother asking."
Who was saying "No" before? Since no one was "in charge," there was no one to SAY no. And I'M the one who needs to "check my assumptions"???
Look, you apparently are comfortable with Big Daddy Government regulating every facet of your life. Good for you. You can sleep comfortably in your coccoon, secure in the myth that Uncle Sam is looking out for you.
Just remember that the power to license is the power to destroy (with apologies to Edmund Burke).