Well . . . . . you all probably know by now my take on rules and authority so I won't belabor that point of this conversation.

No one ever said that government was good for the people. Government tends to be good to the group currently in power which is usually less than representative of the general population.

Is it a money making scheme? All I can say is that the maker of the vaccine spent an obscene amount of money lobbying the legislature in Texas to keep the governors mandate in place. All, of course, in the name of good citizenship and public health.

Is it intrusive. OF course it is. REmember, that the only control a government has over the people it governs is the ability to make each person a criminal. Until there are enough rules, laws, codes and mandates so that a normal everyday individual cannot function without becoming a criminal, the government still doesn't have control.

Consider that the groups that left England and Europe to come to this continent were running from laws and regulations that made it impossible for them to live, do business or even worship without interference from what was considered at the time to be a liberal and forward thinking government. Where the hell are we gonna go this time???