etbmfa of Latrobe, PA A few words of wisdom from some great men about LEGISLATION
"One of the greatest delusions of the world is the HOPE that the EVILS of this world are to be CURED BY LEGISLATION." Thomas B. Reed 1886

"Prohibition.. makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." A. Lincoln (Dec. 1840)

"The history of liberty is a history of limitations of government power, not the increase of it." - Woodrow Wilson

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficient... The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

You [should] not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harm it would cause if improperly administered. — Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the U.S.

"The threat to liberty in the 21st century is the same as it has been throughout mankind's history. That use of the coercive powers of government, under the color of law, to take the rightful property of some people and give to others, and the forcible imposition of the will of one group of people on another group. Such acts, most often done in the name of good, explain the ugliest portions of human history. We have yet to see the kind of arbitrary control, abuse and violation of basic human rights seen elsewhere. But if we ask ourselves which way are we heading, tiny steps at a time: toward more personal liberty or toward greater government control over our lives, the answer would unambiguously be the latter. We Americans face an awesome challenge and responsibility because if liberty dies here, it's probably dead for all places and all times." —Walter Williamsreport abuse

wingnut of Vassalboro, ME ROB the State??? My A55! It is another damned tax to screw us out of our last dollar! I sincerely hope every last lawmaker develops uncontrollable ulcerative colitis..and there is a shortage of toilet paperreport abuse

tax payer77 of kingfield, ME License and drug test the welfare cases, make it a little easier on the few of of us still paying taxes.

The citizens of maine will have to rise up and take back the state soon. It appears that the welfare utopia is caving in.report abuse

Richard Hertz of Vassalboro, ME Welcome to taxation land!report abuse