If every citizen of the United States received a standard issue knife...

Esav Benyamin said:
SAK? How about an American knife? :D

I believe in freedom of choice, but we have to set limits. Pick a sodbuster, a trapper, or a stockman.
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:D

With out of control spending, the free knife program budget has gone South. :D

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How many girls/women would carry a big honker like that in their purse? None. It's obvious you are not married. Most women won't carry one at all. If she will, it must be about one ounce, pink, have a 1/2" blade with file and clipper, a small mirror, hair-brush, GPS and text-capable, and must not make a bulge in her purse.
 
555 said:
:D

With out of control spending, the free knife program budget has gone South. :D
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Nope. It had to have gone North, because we don't have any "Free Knife Distribution Centers" in Texas. :D And trust me, if there were free knives available down here, I would have already been in line twice.
 
Okay, if this must happen, how about Milton Friedman style knife vouchers. Purchases used with the voucher must meet some kind of standardized knife criteria, but the ultimate choice stays with the individual.
 
The Government said:
Okay, if this must happen, how about Milton Friedman style knife vouchers. Purchases used with the voucher must meet some kind of standardized knife criteria, but the ultimate choice stays with the individual.
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I thought about vouchers but decided against the suggestion due to possible fraud. Picking up your knife in person at your local post office was the other idea I came up with. No exceptions. You don't have ID, you don't get your knife. Having vouchers does open up other options though. Maybe you could buy your knife from your local mom and pop store and keep some of the money local. I like that idea.


We can safely assume Washington would set criteria. I can see it now, you would end up with models like a Barbara Boxer Box Cuter or a Nancy Polosi Pairing Knife.
 
skyhorse said:
I send all my Nephews an engraved Farmer when they graduate High School.
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You have lots of good ideas, sir. I just sent my grown grandson a frame-lock yesterday, and my brother and three nephews a folder last week. One way or another, they'll remember me, even though the years have flown by.. :)
 
2-inch bladed Gerber LST.

Small, useful for daily activities and cutting chores, not scary-looking, and a lock so folks with a retarded number of brain cells can't accidentally close the blade on their fingers.
 
One without a blade, or something incredibly dull. I have worked with the public for my entire adult life as a LEO. Trust me, in general, you don't want most of these folks to own anything sharp. Crime and emergency room visits would skyrocket and now with Obama care the taxpayers couldn't afford your assertion. Lol
 
555 said:
:D

With out of control spending, the free knife program budget has gone South. :D
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Even the suggestion of a free program shows how many Americans think which is precisely why we're in this out of control iscal mess we find ourselves.
 
I have made some other suggestions, but I would like to add that each household have a dedicated machete (bush knife, panga, kukri, parang, bolo......whatever name is used in a particular locality) for gardening. trimming shrubbery and general household use. In fact, I purchased a light machete with sheath for about $10 that was sold as a "household knife" (if my Spanish is correct). With skill and proper maintenance, this tool will handle many tasks that many Americans spend money on for expensive, complicated gardening and food processing equipment that is electric or gasoline motor-driven. The average villager in most Third World countries needs nothing more for most household and garden tasks.

Of course, the requirement that the knife be USA made poses some problems. Here, we may need a reverse foreign aid program that will bring in tools and instructors from South America, the Philippines, Africa and Asia to show Americans how to survive without expensive, complicated machines. :D
 
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DShiflet said:
SAK of some sort-lots of Americans will never carry something like a Manix 2 even if you give it to them. Other people can't due to laws on blade size and such. An SAK is something that I believe the most people would actually carry and use.
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If they gave me a SAK I would have to throw it away and buy a real knife.
 
The Mastiff said:
1)140 million for commission study on the feasibility and possibilities 3 years

2) 70 million technology study on how to make knives safer. Stab proof and slice proof for the younger crowd

3) 30 million on finalizing design

4) $570 million on setting up a factory to make the knives decided upon. Coincidence is that it is located in the Senate majority leaders district.

5) $20 million on alternate designs for those with physical handicaps. Alternate knife designed and approved for handicap customers.

6) $7 million on "tooling" to make alternate in established knife company in district of ways and means chairman. News release announcing new union jobs in district from the knife.
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Change all those "m's" in "million" to "b's" and add an additional few billions in ongoing funding for the bureaucracy that oversees the distribution and eligibility requirements. Also consider the necessary funding for a fully functioning, highly trained militarized police agency with automatic weaponry, armored personnel carriers and associated computerized general surveillance programs. Local offices in every county in the USA will be necessary to oversee the program with each office needing individual evaluations by outside consultants to assure all environmental regulations are met. Add a few additional billions to cover whatever unforeseen expenses might come up and the need for a Congressional oversight committee with full staff per congressman.

In the end, each person will be issued a simple stainless steel table knife that meets government requirements for health and safety concerns at a cost of just over $285,000 for each individual knife.

Happy 18th Birthday!
 
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