Sure, it’s like government wiretapping: you have nothing to fear, as long as you’re not up to something we don’t like, or don’t like in retrospect.

“you are all safe; for now”

'Nothing to Worry About': Kathy Hochul Tries to Reassure Businesses After Outrageous Trump Verdict

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) addressed New York business owners in a new interview and told them there was “nothing to worry about” after former President Trump was hit with a $355 million fine and a ban on conducting business in New York for three years.

Hochul joined John Catsimatidis on 'The Cats Roundtable' on WABC 770 AM, where she was asked if other New York businesspeople should be worried that if 'they can do that to the former president, they can do that to anybody.'

'I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior,' Hochul responded.

In the 150 years the law used against Trump has been on the books, it has never been enforced in a case where no one suffered injury, until now. “Oh, that’s because this was all about Trump”, Hochul explains, which we knew already, but her assurance that you’ll be safe “so long as you’re law-abiding and rule-abiding” should scare anyone doing business in her mini-bananna republic; laws change, regulations change, and most important, politics change, leaving honest citizens and businesses hung out to dry. Don’t believe me? Witness the state’s current global warming lawsuit against the very energy companies that brought prosperity to New York and the world.

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“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged