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They ought to, or they simply have at least one possible motivation to? IMO just because something is in someone's best interest by one metric doesn't mean that
by mwfunk 10y ago
They ought to, or they simply have at least one possible motivation to? IMO just because something is in someone's best interest by one metric doesn't mean that they should take that course of action. I don't have any opinion on Warren's statements one way or another yet, but I would hope that legislators would actively try to ignore the revenue stream aspect when determining what the right thing to do is here.
Many police departments rely on ticketing drivers as a source of income, but I wouldn't take that to mean that the police ought to redirect their resources into ticketing as many drivers as possible.
- HillaryBriss 10y agoRight. Strictly speaking, based on an unbiased ethical consideration of the whole mess, I think you raise a good point. But I think that money motivation proves quite powerful. The cover story for, or rhetorical face of, the CA politician's defense of these companies will look something like: high tech companies are the future. They're clean and green. And CA is leading the way. And CA is superior to everywhere else because those tech giants are mostly here (as opposed to one of our competitors: TX, MA, NY or even WA). And if we let this kind of misguided regulatory regime get started, we'll endanger not just CA's economy, but that of the entire US tech industry...