Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 5, 2009

The housing market collapse has driven many experienced, qualified tradesmen to seek part-time employment. In Florida, the Broward County Sheriff?s Office has targeted those skilled but desperate workers for a pernicious ?sting? operation.

An undercover deputy will pose as a homeowner seeking to hire unlicensed, unemployed tradesmen. After the job is described and a price is negotiated, a team of armed deputies storm into the room with guns drawn. The contractor is thrown face-first to the floor, handcuffed, and otherwise abused ? for the supposed ?crime? of offering to perform a needed service at an appropriate price without government permission.

?The BSO and state officials said the operations have a double purpose: to show construction professionals they need to do work legally or face the consequences, and to warn homeowners about the dangers of using unlicensed tradespeople,?pontificates the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.,

Of course, the actual purpose is to enforce state-created monopolies and guarantee employment for armed tax-feeders.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.