Analysis Of Government Bullies By Rand Paul

I found Government Bullies to be a very informative book. Rand Paul discusses multiple government bureaucracies and how they bully their own citizens by enforcing laws that are not clearly define. He discusses stories on how the EPA, TSA, FDA, and USDA have set in place many laws that are not clear and have fines that are ridiculous. He also puts forth his viewpoint on the Lacey Act and how it is "an open license for government bullying". Senator Rand Paul is a republican senator from Kentucky. He attended Baylor University (1981-1984) and graduated from Duke University with a M.D. in 1988. He concludes that the American people should not be oppressed by the radical bureaucracies of the US government. He tells his readers to support groups …show more content…
This law can prosecute people or companies for violating foreign law. In the second part of Government Bullies, Rand Paul tells of three separate companies that sold three separate items, but they all fell victim to the Lacey Act. The first company Rand Pauls tells us about is the Gibson Guitar Company. The famous,company that is known for the classic Les Paul,guitar had two of its factories raided by SWAT teams. The reason for this was that the Department of Homeland Security said that the wood Gibson had been using from Madagascar and India were protected. This was false, but the Government tried to prove that the wood was protected. As of the date the book was published Gibson was still in court over the issue. Another story that Rand Paul told in his book was one of two American caviar companies. Steven and Cornelia Joyce Kinder were the owners of Kinder Caviar and Black Star Caviar. They both plead guilty to aiding each other in harvesting fish illegally. These was part of a plea agreement that saw them with left with a $5000 fine individually and three years on probation. They also had to complete a hundred hours of community service. The truck and boat that they used to harvest the fish had to be surrendered. The charge was brought forth because of the way that they caught their fish. They used a net but because they were on the Ohio side of the Ohio River that was …show more content…
You will have to be scanned and more than likely patted down. Part three of Rand Paul 's book talks about the TSA and how they have embarrassed people from public patdowns. It also talks about how "naked body" scanners. These scanners have been said to be useless and a waste of money by many countries. These scanners have never been tested and it is not known what they might be doing to people 's bodies. This part of the book basically contains the same story over and over. It basically tells stories of people getting, in Rand Paul 's words, "molested". I feel that while the TSA may be somewhat extreme, what they do is necessary for our nations security. While my view is somewhat different than Rand 's. I do agree with Rand Paul on that children and the elderly should not be subject to patdowns. The last part of the book is about the FDA and USDA. I honestly felt that all the stories in the last part of the book were somewhat comical. The only story that I felt was significant was one about an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania. He owned a farm and a small store that sold his products from his farm. One of his most profitable product was raw milk. Raw milk is unpasteurized and most cannot drink it. The Amish have been drinking raw milk for as long as they basically have existed. This Amish man, who 's family 's livelihood depended on his farm and