Why can the government lie to you, but lying to the government is a felony?
@dcjogger Because the government has immunities and is privileged. Government rulers are a not forced to make laws to restrict themselves.
A famous liberal in antiquity, June 5th, 1788, said, "This, sir, is my great objection to the Constitution, that there is no true responsibilityâand that the preservation of our liberty depends on the single chance of men being virtuous enough to make laws to punish themselves........Show me that age and country where the rights and liberties of the people were placed on the sole chance of their rulers being good men, without a consequent loss of liberty?"
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Henry%27s_speech_in_the_Virginia_Ratifying_Convention
@dcjogger Do you assume #TheApocalypseSquad is virtuous enough to make laws to punish themselves.