I argue that America has become a country where no one can knowwhat is legal. Kids who open lemonade stands are now shutdown by police. I triedto open a lemonade stand legally in NYC. That was quite anadventure. It takes 65 days to get permission from the Departmentof Health and Mental Hygiene. With government adding 80,000 pages of rules and regulations everyyear, it's no surprise that regular people break laws without eventrying. A small businessman spent 6 years in federal prison for breakingHonduran regulations (and, to make it worse, the Hondurangovernment said he didn't). A family in Idaho can't build a home ontheir land because the EPA says it's a wetland-but it onlyresembles a wetland because a government drain malfunctioned andflooded it. TAXI TROUBLE: Want to start a taxi business? Too bad - it's illegal. Illegal,that is, unless you buy a government-issued "taxi medallion" thatcan cost as much as a million dollars. One city has a free marketfor cabs - Washington, DC - but lobbyists there are pushing toregulate. ILLEGAL FOOD: Increasingly, government tells us what we can and can't eat --bans on trans-fat, happy meals, "raw" foods. California officialsraided a raw food club, and arrested clerks for sellingunpasteurized milk. Farmer Joel Salatin, author of "Everything IWant To Do Is Illegal," explains why Americans DON'T have thefreedom to choose the food they eat. ILLEGAL DRUGS: Drug use is illegal - but should it be? Where drugs are legal,businessmen replace gangs as the dealers and pay taxes. Portugaldecriminalized all drugs 10 years ago--including crack, ecstasy,and heroin. What has happened since then? We go to Portugal and getthe facts from police, politicians, and drug addicts. ILLEGAL SEX: Our government bans prostitution because people think it's adirty, dangerous business. But in brothels where prostitution islegal there is no crime or disease. On this show, three sex workersconfront a prosecutor. One bit of good news is that while there may be so many laws thatno one knows if he's a lawbreaker, it has never been easier to"watch the watchmen." Tiny cameras in our iPods and cell phonesallow citizens to film law enforcement and hold our governmentaccountable. But in the last few years, cops have arrested andjailed people for taping in public. The arrests are not legal, butthey happen anyway. Fortunately, arrests are caught on tape. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Touchscreen Panel PC , Infrared Touch Frames Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Electronic Interactive Whiteboard.
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