So around the same time that Obama is bragging about his new plan that he claims will create jobs, the government under him is doing a fine job of destroying jobs. Gibson Guitars, an American icon is being harassed by the feds about the type of wood they are using to make their guitars. Using a recent amendment to the Lacey Act as an excuse to charge in, shut down production, evacuate workers and confiscate goods, a government once again proves how committed to pissing everyone off and getting in the way of voluntary actions that harm nobody they are, whether or not they can consciously admit to either one of those.

Of course in my case, I have the immediate emotional reaction of wanting to head out to the nearest music shop and buying one of their guitars in support of this company (which, by the way might prove to be in some twisted way an incentive for me to learn to play guitar ;) Of course its something I ought to be doing regardless… damn procrastination :P ).

Anyway, the CEO of Gibson was interviewed by Alex Jones, claiming that he was told by the feds that he might as well move the company to Madagascar. Whatever you might think of Alex Jones, and I’ve definitely learned in recent months to have a sense of humour about him, this is the CEO of Gibson himself saying this…

What is so boggling about this is that there aren’t more people connecting the dots here. If the Obama administration was genuinely interested in the creation of jobs in America, wouldn’t the government be getting off the backs of those who are employing people even through what is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression?

I don’t know exactly how many Americans are starting to get this… or anyone else in any country, including my own… so this is a question I pose to anyone anywhere in the world who still believes that the government can be used to create jobs and prop up the economy. How many more examples of overbearing ‘regulation’ do you need to see before you recognize that a LOT more jobs could be created if only the State is cast aside as the relic of a less civilized age it is?

What has happened to Gibson isn’t an isolated case, sure… but though I don’t play guitar myself (yet), I am an avid music enthusiast, so this is one example of this situation that hits a bit closer to home for me personally so that’s why I felt like blogging about this. Besides, some of those guitars are just beautiful… the construction of them is art just as if not more beautiful than the music that might be played on them.

I suppose this post could have fit in with my House Of Alastrian blog since that one is about the more creative side of what I’m into… but I want to keep House Of Alastrian as positive as possible… and there’s no positive way to spin a story of an overbearing government getting in the way of art.

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