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thenewgreen  ·  4219 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Government Wrecked the Gas Can

    It’s all caused by idiotic government regulations that are wrecking our lives one consumer product at a time, all in ways we hardly notice.
I hate when things "wreck my life" and I don't notice.

There's definitely some truth to the term "nanny state". But there are also certain regulations, that I'm glad exist. I suppose there is a fine line.





cliffelam  ·  4218 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the line is not very fine.

I support a "regulation cap" - if they want to add one, they have to remove one.

thenewgreen  ·  4217 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've never heard of a "regulation" cap. It's an interesting, my initial thought is that as new technology exists it's somewhat inevitable that new regulations will too. But then also as new technologies exist, some old regulations should become moot.

cliffelam  ·  4217 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know if I made it up - I would doubt that I did, but I do read about it from time to time.

I would suggest that very little new regulation is required for most new technology. Any new regs needed for smartphones or ipads or longer lasting running shoes?

-XC