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How they get free pub for "considering" something. Consideration is for voters. Act or do not act. There is no consideration.
by thwythwy 7y ago
How they get free pub for "considering" something. Consideration is for voters. Act or do not act. There is no consideration.
- jetpks 7y agoIt takes time on the order of months and years to build a coalition behind bills. During that time, a bill is considered, amended, and re-considered. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how government works if you think there "is no consideration."
- kingkawn 7y agoThis is a meaningful tactic. Voters and cell providers alike are alerted this is coming down the pipeline. It is a way to gauge voter interest, ie how hard should the politician push for this particular regulation given the returns on support that can be anticipated from public engagement. It also puts the cell providers on notice and incentivizes them to compromise and cooperate to avoid more hostile regulation.
- thatcat 7y agoSeems like in practice this would incentivize providers to lobby the politician considering legislation..
- kurtisc 7y agoThey are voters, it's proposed legislation. Blame editors for using headlines like these.