An Elegant Solution
According to yesterday’s Chicago Tribune, Redeye edition, the South Carolina Senate is considering the repeal of a law that requires any group intent on overthrowing the government to apply for a permit and pay a $5 fee. No shit. The “Subversive Activities Registration Act” dates back to the 50′s and our paranoia of communists, and levies a $25,000 fine and 10 years in prison for its violation.
Do you know what this means? All we have to do is make this federal, and we’ve solved our terrorism problem. Al Qaeda – register and pay the fee. Instead of spending $3 trillion on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, we could actually be making money on this one. It is elegant in its simplicity.
For some reason, lawmakers in South Carolina are embarrassed by this. I can’t imagine why.
