Conflicting standards: license to whine?

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On the strength of accusation or innuendo, this administration believes an American citizen may be tracked by GPS, wiretapped, thrown into prison, tortured, and assassinated. These intrusions and subversions are predicated on the idea that only wrongdoers have anything to fear from unwarranted surveillance and investigation. None of this shall be open to judicial review.

Despite overwhelming evidence of fraud and general malfeasance, this administration believes no financial institution should face serious scrutiny or punishment. Dangerous securities remain exempted from oversight, too-big-to-fail is alive and well, and the specter of massive title fraud is to persist without serious regulatory action. A company engaged in the commission of some 18,000 acts of fraud per month shall not be investigated, their actions shall continue unrestrained, and their behavior shall be seen as mistaken rather than criminal. These abdications of responsibility are predicated on the idea that innocents will suffer from a wholly warranted and perfectly legal investigation of wrongdoing.

To my mind the dissonance above, that the freedom of markets is more highly valued than the freedom of citizens, compels criticism: whining, if you prefer. Insofar as I can vote and work D and whine at the same time, I humbly ask for license to do so.