Two Fundamental Rules
Speaking of Rights, I just read this Ron Paul Tweet:
The “Brilliance” of Government Bureaucracy Marches On http://bit.ly/cqTm4f | LRC Blog
In that blog post of LRC , we are told that in NYC “the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (“MTA”) discontinued dozens of NYC bus lines.” You would think if a bus stop was no longer in use, it would be ok to park there, but bureaucrats continued to issue tickets to parkers.
The Nazis who run the NYPD claimed that as long as the original bus stop was still standing, it was illegal to park there even though it was no longer in use!!!
The NYPD has finally come to its senses (what little it has of them) and is now instructing all traffic agents not to ticket cars at bus stops that have MTA notices stating that the bus line is no longer in service.
In the book “Bureaucracy” LRC tells us that Ludwig Von Mises wrote in more detail on this subject”
Primacy of the law means that no judge or officeholder has the right to interfere with any individual’s affairs or conditions unless a valid law requires or empowers him to do so. Nulla poena sine lege, no punishment unless ordered by a law. It is precisely the inability of the Nazis to understand the mportance of this fundamental principle that qualifies them as antidemocratic. In the totalitarian system of Hitler Germany the judge has to come to his decision according to das gesunde Volksempfinden, i.e., in accordance with the sound feelings of the people. As the judge himself has to decide what the sound feelings of the people are, he is sovereign on his bench…
Seems to me this fits under Richard Maybury’s (writer of the “Early Warning Report”) two fundamental rules taught by all religions. The first is the basis of contract law. The second is the basis of tort law and some criminal law.
- Do all you have agreed to do.
- Do not encroach on other persons or their property.
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