The lengths a government goes to in order to strip people of their personal freedoms suffers no limits. The latest in my ongoing study of governments who involve themselves too greatly in their people's lives shows the American government regulating neighbors and the favors they do for each other.
Remember that blog post I made earlier this month detailing how the US government is about to start telling its citizens they can't grow their own produce or have gardens because the average citizen is "too dumb" to know how to safely grow a garden? Or that if you don't have health insurance you are going to be fined, even if you couldn't afford to pay for insurance in the first place? This one takes it a step further.
Remember the days when you could knock on your neighbor's door and ask them for a cup of sugar? A couple of eggs? Watch the dog while we're on vacation? Take care of our son/daughter while we enjoy a night out on the town? Or heaven-forbid, something bad happens to your spouse, and you need someone to watch your kids while you work some extra hours in this recession-driven economy and you can't afford daycare because the rates are too high?
Enter the no-longer-allowed-to-be-a-good-neighbor-program. Gone are the days of being able to do favors for your neighbors. This is just the first step. Another personal freedom that is being wrenched away from Americans by a government that claims you aren't allowed to take care of your family in the way you see fit.
Need to go to the hospital and need someone to watch over your kids for the night? Better get a government-approved-and-appointed babysitter, because otherwise you are breaking the law and going straight to jail. Need a cup of sugar? Only if you get it from your government-approved-and-appointed sugar provider. Want to have a veggie garden? Toss that right in there with "only if it's government approved".
This article made me puke in my mouth just a little bit. Seriously. In the recession, people are having to find all sorts of ways to make ends meet. Spouses are working double shifts, taking part time jobs, doing everything they can to make ends meet, and it's not uncommon for people to ask their neighbors to help them out when it comes to taking care of the kids if grandma/relatives can't. But now the government is stepping in and telling you when and how often your friends and family can watch your children for you.
Recession got you down, hurting your checkbook, and making it so you can't afford official daycare? Doesn't matter...prepare to be fined for having your neighbour wait for your kids at the bus stop, because working that second job you need to work in order to put food on the table isn't as important as making sure that government-appointed-and-approved babysitter is getting theirs, and giving their cut back to The Man.
Makes me sick to my stomach.
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