Washington State bans smoking... with a twist

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We (the voters) are the government.

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LOL. I hope you don't really believe this. Just because you get to choose to vote for politician A or politician B on election day doesn't mean you are the government.

In this case, the law was passed by referendum, but who do you think decided to place this item on the agenda and steered the course of the debate? John Q. Public? I don't think so. In situations like this, there are a VERY few people who fell VERY strongly about a particular issue, and they induce those that don't really care either way (the majority) to go along through political grandstanding and rhetoric.

Why do you think the number of laws on the books keeps growing and growing? Do you think the average voter is sitting there thinking, "I don't think society is being regulated heavily enough, I wish there were a lot more laws on the books"?