Rules? LOL. From the article:
If she wasn't anti-government before, she sure is now. It's not really her fault for choosing to feed her family after the same government that cut off her livelihood failed to deliver financial aid. And then threw her in jail. A week before the state was set to open up salons anyway.
100 degrees of stupid, as per governmental usual. This is just going to make people want to rebel more.
I have to agree, this isn't really her fault directly. The government should have given everyone for food and basic things, postpone the bills and expect that everyone that truly isn't essential stays at home. If economy was really in the hibernation the corporations wouldn't need that much of a bailout and that money should have been given to the people. While not acting on time as a country really wasn't her personal fault. Plus the jail and 7000$ is evidently an overkill in my book. Personally I would go further than 300$ and "go back to your family".
But to be honest I cringe a little every time American goes "government this, government that". Does you government:
Does it pay your medical bills when you are really sick and not old ? No
Does it pay your entire collage tuition ? No
Does it take extra effort to remove any forms of crime from the street ? No
Does it respects laws closely ? Generally No
Does it respects international laws and institutions closely ? Generally no
Do you elect your head of the government with a popular vote ? No
Does your government takes extra effort that food, water and air aren't toxic ? Generally no
It is possible to shut down the government ? Yes (and to me this is WTF)
Etc.
In other words why even call "this" government ? To me "this" whatever it really is simply doesn't really fit into the definition of "government". In other words I am getting impression that almost everyone in US wouldn't be nearly as anti-government as they are is in the case that you actually have one.
Food for thought.
