Jerry Pournelle Looks at Government
3rd June 2011
Yesterday I noted that the Feds have inspectors looking for unlicensed rabbit sellers. It turns out that’s not all of the story.
I find that the rabbit police has at least 64 employees we could get rid of without losing much. They are now harassing stage magicians who have rabbits in their act. It would be legal to buy a rabbit, take it home, and feed it to a rattlesnake without a Federal permit; but if you use the rabbit in a show, you must have a Federal license, and there are Federal inspectors who scour the newspapers hoping to find the names of stage magicians who don’t have Federal rabbit licenses. I understand you probably think I am making this up.