USA Going the Way of the UFK

Some places have long been used as testing grounds for socialist policies, before such policies are inflicted on the U.S. One of the worst of such places used to be called UK, but in recent years some of us have come to know it as "Unfree Kingdom". They started off banning guns there ( because someone could possibly get hurt, and "if it saves just one life", "it's for the children", etc., yada yada… ) , and have worked their way down to replica guns now, with some talk of even banning sharp knives.

If that evokes a shudder, realize that here in the U.S. we're not that far behind. I've seen restaurants that no longer serve chives on my baked potato, because someone got sick from bacteria on some chives in another state. I chive you not. Luckily no one has gotten sick from bacteria on lettuce, or they'd stop serving salads, right?

And some won't even give you a sharp knife to cut your meat with anymore, why you might cut yourself or someone else. There I am having a steak and trying to cut it with a butter knife.

If you go into many of their restrooms, you won't find hot water to wash your hands with anymore, someone might scald themselves.

Costco stopped giving out toothpicks and plastic forks with their samples, because some kid might put an eye out with one and then they could be sued.

"I've used the Civil Rights Act as an example of the way a well-intentioned government program grows and causes far more problems than it solves. But it is just one example.

All government programs expand to encompass the political demands of people who want to take advantage of its benefits. And almost all government programs eventually do the opposite of what their original backers had asked for.

Whatever social reform you may envision, the version the government implements will be something completely different. However lofty your purpose, it will be debased by compromises in the legislature, in the administration of the program by thousands of government employees, and in the settling of the inevitable disputes.