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Why is the solution to everything "pass a law"? there is an ocean of possible solutions to this problem yet people somehow always jump to "pass more laws" befor
by tradedash 8y ago
Why is the solution to everything "pass a law"? there is an ocean of possible solutions to this problem yet people somehow always jump to "pass more laws" before other options are considered. I find that rather weird.
- matte_black 8y agoAgreed, they should just straight up cut off power to miners if they want them to go away.
- iovrthoughtthis 8y agoEverything looks like a nail when you've a hammer in your hand.
- bnegreve 8y agoWhat are the other solutions?
- trophycase 8y agoBecause when you live in a "civilised" society such as ours, an individual has no power outside of asking those with power to do things for us.
- wpietri 8y agoThese are public utilities, so changing their rate structures so significantly could well require legal changes. And if the solution is outside the utility, then it definitely requires legal changes, as then we're in to the realm of business regulation, and American business regulation is generally of the style of "everything is allowed except for these specifically forbidden things that have proven to be bad". Of course, if you'd like to propose some less intrusive solution I'm sure both we and the people of Central Washington would be all ears.
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- seunosewa 8y agoAlso, unless there is a law compelling them to charge miners the same prices, a new law is not needed. The utility can just implement it as a price policy.
- skybrian 8y agoThis is like asking why the solution to bad software is to commit more code. It's because the way to fix a bad law is to pass another law. Otherwise you're saying we should keep the bad laws we have and work around it some other way. Sometimes fixing the symptoms actually is better, but it's not surprising when people suggest changing the code.
- abecedarius 8y agoPatches on top of patches are not the only way to maintain software.
- MBCook 8y agoThere are externalities that they want to control for some people but not others or through a means other than a price hike on everyone.