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Why must they be so narrow?

• TheFreim 3y ago
  It's easier to pass, I believe. If you made a sweeping all encompassing "right to repair" bill you would then be targeted by every single group which opposes right to repair, if you target agriculture or medical areas you are likely to only primarily receice heavy opposition from a segment rather than a large swath of industries. Narrow bills are easier to understand and explain. They do one thing and they do it right rather than trying to solve every problem. A narrow bill has less of a target. If you have a large bill there might be one small element which some politician couldn't vote for for various reasons, reduce the scale and you reduce the target area. Those are just a few ideas, not an expert in this but these seemed to make sense. Let me know what you think.
  • kwiens 3y ago
    That's exactly it. It's about segmenting the opposition. That's not exactly the best policymaking, of course. There's no fundamental difference between fixing a tractor and a smartphone. Over time, we're hopeful the policies will converge for all devices. Last year we did electric wheelchairs in Colorado, this year the same legislators expanded it to tractors.
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