<p><img class="caption" src="images/stories/r_joyner_85px.jpg" border="0" alt="Rick Joyner" title="Rick Joyner" hspace="7" align="left" />SPECIAL BULLETIN 06-2012<br />Death By Paper Cuts<br />by Rick Joyner</p>
<p>        When Europeans start chiding America for our overregulation, we should know we’ve crossed a Rubicon. A recent article in The Economist about the suffocating of the U.S. economy by overregulation was brilliant, insightful, and true. It begins with a few examples of how ridiculous the micromanaging of our lives by government has now become, such as:</p>
<p><br />-- The Florida law that requires vending machine labels with a phone number for the public to call to report if the label is not there.</p>
<p>-- The Federal Railroad Admin that requires an “F” to be painted on the front of trains so you can tell which end it is.</p>
<p>-- The Bethesda, Maryland Ordinance to shut down children’s lemonade stands that do not have a license.</p>
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