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You can tell the law's premise (It's about people dumping chemicals! Think about the $HealthConcerns!vague, gasp) is a bunch of nonsense by how its actions (No
by thefurdrake 4y ago
You can tell the law's premise (It's about people dumping chemicals! Think about the $HealthConcerns!vague, gasp) is a bunch of nonsense by how its actions (No maintaining cars) don't actually address those concerns directly. Hell, the premise CLAIMS that it's about dangerous chemicals, but still allows the most common interaction with dangerous chemicals a normal car owner will perform (an oil change),
There has to be a term for this. It's super common, but I don't think "Disingenuous lie of a piece of legislation" rolls off the tongue as well as a proper term for a law which is defined/described to perform one function but is obviously meant to perform another.
The premise is also completely unenforceable. Who's going to go into someone's garage and inspect the state of their vehicles to determine if they're in a state of (active or not) disrepair and being worked on, or if "Ted Across The Street Opened His Garage Door And It's Messy In There How Uncouth"?
- cheriot 4y agoUsually laws like this are anti-poor so I just call them that. Municipal governments have been turned into HOAs and the median American voter wants to live in an exclusive neighborhood. It's sad how badly these suburban utopia views distort society and the economy.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Municipal governments have been turned into HOAs HOAs were just a hack around municipal governments being prohibited from engaging in certain acts (mostly, racial discrimination); municipal governments have always been like HOAs, otherwise.