California is widely noted for, among many other things of dubious worth, ridiculous government.
However, the Golden State may have outdone its own outlandishness. The California Assembly has created a new committee to explore ways to make people happy. Yes, I'll wait while you read that again. The Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes wants Californians to be "happy."
This news makes me very sad. I can't think of anything I want the government to be less involved in than my happiness.
After increasing our taxes, blowing up our dams, wasting billions of tax dollars on the infamous "Train to Nowhere," destroying our iconic cities with no-consequences crime, rampant homelessness and uncontrolled illegal immigration, the pin-headed politicians are wondering why we're not turning cartwheels in our pothole-ridden streets.
You want us to be happy? Stop using our tax money to formulate nonsense committees. Give us the freedom to buy a gas stove if we want one. Lower the gasoline taxes and the electricity rates, both highest in the nation. Stop trying to force EVs and "smart" thermostats on us. Don't take photos of our trash to be sure we're not mixing the cardboard in with the carrot scrapings.
I could go on, but it would just make me miserable.
"Government's role is to provide for its people," one sanctimonious lobbyist intoned. No, actually, we can provide for ourselves just fine, thanks. Government's role is to keep the community infrastructure humming, which for decades has been a complete failure in California.
Another part of government's role is to stay out of our business. Nothing would make us happier.
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| Be happy or you'll pay an Unhappiness Tax |
