5 Unbelievably Stupid Ideas Governments Actually Tried

Corbett • 11/20/2017 • 31 Comments Ask anyone who’s ever worked in the public sector: With a never-ending stream of taxpayer money and no competition in sight, governments are a breeding ground for stupid ideas. In fact, coming up with a list of all the idiocy that governments have inflicted on the world would be an impossible task, so let’s just narrow it down to five really stupid government ideas….

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Eye for an eye

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the principle of retributive justice. For other uses, see Mirror punishment, Eye for an eye (disambiguation), and Lex talionis (disambiguation). “An eye for an eye” (Biblical Hebrew: עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, Ain takhat ain)[a] is a commandment found in the Book of Exodus 21:23–27 expressing the principle of reciprocal justice measure for measure. The earliest known use of the principle appears in…

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JEFF BECK

Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English rock guitarist who rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and afterward fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style with a focus on innovative sound, and his releases spanned genres ranging from blues rock, hard rock, jazz fusion, and a blend of guitar-rock and electronica. Beck ranked in…

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