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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 601849" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>Tom,</p><p></p><p>Yes, the government will take control of, and legislate any entity that makes money. They tax or control everything we do. If we make money, we pay taxes. If we drink or smoke, we pay taxes. If we just want telephone service or electric service, we pay taxes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So yes, the government's main goal maintain itself by collecting taxes, fines, and other revenues. Pretty much what most businesses do. But I don't think that the recent arrest in Texas by the TABC is necessarily to increase revenues.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Texas has one of the highest number of drunk drivers of any state and I think either the Federal covernment or the local athorities decided to get a spine and see if they could do something. This may prompt a lot of other states to start the same kind of program.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think any cases have gone to court yet, so it's too early to tell if the procecutors will get convictions out of these case. But people at every level of the legas system, lawyers, judges and the Texas Attorney General have indicated that the tickets and arrest for being intoxicated in public are perfectly legal</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I guess I feel that it is a positive step to getting drunk drivers off the road by stopping them before they get behind the wheel. If the number of drunk drivers in Texas drops as a result of these arrest, I hope it will spread like wildfire.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 601849, member: 52972"] Tom, Yes, the government will take control of, and legislate any entity that makes money. They tax or control everything we do. If we make money, we pay taxes. If we drink or smoke, we pay taxes. If we just want telephone service or electric service, we pay taxes. So yes, the government's main goal maintain itself by collecting taxes, fines, and other revenues. Pretty much what most businesses do. But I don't think that the recent arrest in Texas by the TABC is necessarily to increase revenues. Texas has one of the highest number of drunk drivers of any state and I think either the Federal covernment or the local athorities decided to get a spine and see if they could do something. This may prompt a lot of other states to start the same kind of program. I don't think any cases have gone to court yet, so it's too early to tell if the procecutors will get convictions out of these case. But people at every level of the legas system, lawyers, judges and the Texas Attorney General have indicated that the tickets and arrest for being intoxicated in public are perfectly legal I guess I feel that it is a positive step to getting drunk drivers off the road by stopping them before they get behind the wheel. If the number of drunk drivers in Texas drops as a result of these arrest, I hope it will spread like wildfire. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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