When you sue the government, it’s money that used to be the people’s money you’re dealing with. Once nefarious politicians have gotten control of it, the money can hardly be said to belong to the people anymore, since it’s out of their hands.

“People need to realize that the government isn’t like a business.”

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“The Tort Liability Act allows counties in Tennessee to do business.”

Well, okay then.

You know what? If I were a complete fucking asshole, I might long for a career in which I could say any stoopid thing that drifted through my head and not have my narrow ass summarily kicked right out into the street.

Really? There was a time when we couldn’t petition the government for a redress of grievances? You know, first amendment and all that?

There was no time when you couldn’t petition the government for redress, but there was indeed a time when any such petitions were guaranteed to be futile. Until they passed the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946 at the federal level, and comparable legislation at the state, sovereign immunity was the rule (as it still is with respect to topics these statutes don’t cover).

That said, the spokeshole’s claim that government is special because the money belongs to “we the people” is revisionist nonsense. The doctrine idea behind sovereign immunity is that the king can do no wrong. We the people didn’t make that rule up; we inherited it from the Brits by default.

What is the result of all the laws that have fines and court costs associated? If taxes are supposed to go to run the government and pay the public servants then all of those fees and penalties are profit, now pay up suckas!