Can we talk toilets and government? (or is that a redunant question)

I've had a lot to think about these last few days...   Some really deep subjects and some... while not so deep, are equally serious when measuring gob'mint interference in our personal and private lives in this Democratic Republic. 

We've all heard Senator Rand Paul rant in senate committee hearings about the 1.6 gallon flush toilets forced on every citizen by the US Gob'mint.  We all noticed the total 'couldn't care less what you think' shrug from the gob'mint agency witness. Even his Senate committee chairman has been so instilled with gob'mint knows best, that he scoffed at Paul's rant. "Sorry your toilets don't work and you need to flush twice."

So I won't address that -- we've all come to our own conclusions in that regard. 

Here is my rant for today -- Why am I forced to buy a toilet (commode) which by gob'mint edict must sit exactly 14½ inches off the base floor or 16½ inches. Nothing higher, nothing lower and God forbid, nothing in between. I recently replaced both commodes in my house, not because I wanted to, just because the old ones were tired. I was amazed when I got to my local Home Depot and couldn't even special order commodes of my wants and desires. 

Don't get me wrong, I can understand how there should be some normal code for toilet height in public places..... for the benefit of most.... but I am speaking of the privacy of my home bathrooms.  What possible concern could it be to a billion dollar regulatory agency in Washington, or the US Senate. whether I want a ten inch commode for my great grandson to visit , or a 26 incher hi-rise so my old old knees don't have to work quite so hard to get up and down.

I see they sell add/clip on risers for folks with broken hips and such, but they ain't too solid and confidence building I am told. BTW, why ain't they against the law if it's such a terrible thing to vary commode heights. I'm surprised they don't sell them in dark alleys.

I have been bending over my bathroom sink for 30 years with a bad back because the bureaucrats in Washington have decided how tall, short my bathroom sink should be. IN MY HOUSE! 

So my Libertarian genes make me cry out - "Why can't I have a 24 inch or 30 inch commode installed? Why can't I have a bathroom (or kitchen) sink at my comfort level.  Aha! You sheeple say -- 'But what about the next owner when you sell?"

To which I reply, 'If my commodes or sinks are too high or too low for the next owner, then he and I can reach some accommodation in changing them out before our sales contract is finalized!'

Enough, my rant is through, but the next time you lower yourself  below chair height, or bend down to brush your teeth --- be aware.... Freedom....... or gob'mint edict?

And then, Partners, look around you and see how many other little things in your daily life are regulated by those same faceless, nameless, unwatched, gob'mint bureaucrats!!!

I'll bet Donald Trump has a personally designed commode built to exactly the height he wants.............  (a little class envy here)