It was Ben Franklin who said, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security.”
Along with the USA Patriot Act, the Terrorism Information and Prevention System (TIPS) proposal is an egregious assault on our freedom, and what’s worse is that it can’t improve security. How secure can any of us feel, knowing that we are under 24 hour surveillance by our neighbors? And that our lives can be destroyed on a whim by a disgruntled service provider or an unfriendly acquaintance?
This stuff is terrifying. It appears that the erosion of our liberty has become a landslide. Please, tell me I’m wrong.
Libertarian Party
of Snohomish County
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