Government is evil?

The tea-party folk love to rant and rave about the evils of government, especially BIG government, while preaching the value and holiness of small business. They usually overlook the abuses of many small businesses and forget how vulnerable we all are without the protection of government regulations. Unfortunately, there are plenty of news stories like the following...

A debt-collection agency set up a room in its office in Erie, Pa., to look like a courtroom, complete with a raised area where a judge would sit, attorney’s tables and legal books on bookshelves, according to Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. The agency’s lawsuit charges that Unicredit Debt Resolution Center used people dressed as sheriff’s deputies to summon consumers to “the courtroom,” where a person dressed in black would preside over fake proceedings “to deceive, mislead or frighten consumers into making payments or surrendering valuables to Unicredit.” The lawsuit is seeking restitution for victimized consumers. (Associated Press)