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I think this is in a class of what could be called “woke laws” or laws that sounds great, maybe have great intentions, but no thought was given to what happens
by Overtonwindow 4y ago
I think this is in a class of what could be called “woke laws” or laws that sounds great, maybe have great intentions, but no thought was given to what happens after. The lightbulb ban, plastic bags, straws, it all sounds like things we should do, then what? I think The argument that “let the market figure it out“ has been bastardized to excuse these woke laws. The market is going to push their cost down, and that means onto the consumer. So really the only people who get hurt by these laws are the consumers, because they end up having to pay and be inconvenienced by them.
- soco 4y agoYou are right, but who else could be inconvenienced by them if not the customers? The companies? They will push the costs (aka inconvenience) to the customers. So whatever gets done, the effects are felt by everybody - and this applies to everything, yes including "regular laws".
- sidewndr46 4y agoI can't find any evidence that all laws hit everyone in society equally. An obvious case of this is minimum square footage laws on residential housing. They seem to show up in many areas across the south east United States. Setting a minimum square footage of 1500 sq. ft. clearly does not impact the millionaire building a 6500 sq. ft. home with a pool and a 4 car detached garage. But someone trying to purchase their first home does get impacted by it, as they probably don't need 3 bedrooms but can't find housing with anything less.
- beej71 4y agoFines are just fees when you have enough money.