| I posted:
You are right Ruler4you, we gave them this power to stomp us under their boots. We allowed every agency to be formed, allowed every enforcement tactic (even the underhanded ones) and we allow it to continue.
The great problem, with any government or governmental agency, is that when they are empowered to do something, it is almost impossible to stop them from continuing it. The bad policies become entrenched and takes years to dig out, if ever. Government, IE. politicians and agency heads, like power, it is like a drug, and they will never relinquish it, unless forced to do so by the combined power of the citizenry, which very seldom happens.
How many times has a citizen asked why they are being abused, in one way or another, and get the answer of, "because we can"? People who are supposed to be concerned with our rights, violating our rights, simply because they can, and they usually get away with it, which only makes them bolder to do it again.
We allowed it, by our apathy. And in the end, we are the only ones who can change it. That change is brought about at the ballot box. The politicians who do their own thing and not the will of the people they are supposed to serve, can be voted out of office. They can be pressured by the concentrated lobbying of their voters, but only the ballot ends abuse. We need to get rid of the BAFTE and their abusive tactics, just trimming them down will not work. |