No. We don’t think you’re a criminal.

But the folks at Kite & Key Media have produced a splendid video on the Kudzu like growth of federal laws – most of which Americans don’t even know exist.

Every two-year session of Congress puts between 4 and 6 million words of new laws on the books and the number of federal laws now exceeds 200,000, up from 100,000 in the 1980s.

Attorney Harvey Silverglate published a book a few years ago called “Three Felonies A Day.” It estimated that the average American commits several federal crimes a day.  Many of them come out of federal “guidance documents” from agencies –  at least 13,000 of these have been issued just since 2008. They help explain why people who clog a toilet can be accused of a federal crime or why the Hemingway Museum in Key West, Florida had to spend $250,000 to convince the Feds it wasn’t mistreating the famous five-toed cats on its property.

When the federal government tried to track how many rules each agency had issued, it had to give up the task as hopeless. The agencies keep no records..

The Trump Administration should not just pare back federal laws and regulations, it should let states opt out of federal directives. We concede some blue states will misuse that power. But Americans will be free to vote with their feet to escape blue-state tyranny. Millions of Americans are doing that every year.

Watch the video by clicking below!