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Now That The Fight To End the VET Appears To Be Won

By George Baumler

  Now that the fight to end the VET appears to be won, don't expect the losers to surrender peacefully.  To supporters of the VET, more is at stake than emissions testing, that being a docile and obedient populace.  If the citizens are able to throw off the shackles of the VET program, there's no telling what could be next, and this is one thing that makes the central planning forces desperate.  The APCD (Air Pollution Control District) is headed by Art Williams, who is a fervid and devout believer in "global warming", and as such has an agenda that supersedes any mere Constitution or other legal issues.  The agenda of ultimately removing people from their private automobiles is one not likely to be abandoned because of one legal setback.

  The public has finally had its voice heard on the VET issue, and those with the central planning agenda are not happy.  The popular victory is a slap in their collectivist faces, and they are not likely to acquiesce without a fight.  If the public is allowed to win on the VET issue, could school vouchers be next?  Perhaps the ridiculously complex IRS code could be a target.  In short, what is at stake is the notion that the people will do as they are told, like a herd of dairy cattle, without meaningful protest.  The overthrow of the VET is a rebellion against central control, a virtual stampede, an assertion of liberty, and it will not make the authoritarian crowd happy.

  The VET, like the light rail scheme, is an attempt to control behavior and to separate citizens from their private automobiles.  The sage planner decides that the citizens would be better off stuffed into crowded rail carriages rather than comfortable, private automobiles, so, to facilitate the plan to separate people from their cars, gradual steps are taken to make owning a car more and more of a bother.  The VET is just one step in a sustained planned attack on motorists and ultimately on the freedom come and go as one pleases.  No, the VET will not die easily.  By hook or crook, the air will come up short, and lo and behold the VET will be held out as the only hope for sickly folks dying of lung disease and thousands of small children suffering from chronic asthma.  The sad thing is that there are those who will believe it. 

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