Don’t they call it pandering?
Filed Under (Crime, Politics, Inept Bureaucracy) by Don C on 26-03-2008
So, do elected representatives really believe there is a need for some kind of license to move furniture, arrange flowers, and file a horse’s teeth, or are they just passing ridiculous, unfair, discriminatory, costly, protectionist regulation in exchange for money?
Did you know that in Nevada it is illegal to move a large piece of furniture for someone else under the title of “interior designer”? In fact, 21 states and the District of Columbia have enacted “titling” regulations or registration requirements for people who want to arrange other people’s furniture for a fee.
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the professional florist’s lobby (yes, there is one) has succeeded in enacting legislation in Louisiana that makes it illegal “for anybody to arrange two or more types of flowers without passing a largely subjective state licensing exam.” The failure rate for the florist’s exam is actually higher than that of the state bar exam
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[I]n Texas, veterinary groups are pushing to require “horse floaters” to obtain a veterinarian’s license. Floaters specialize in filing down the teeth of horses. That’s all they do. (Radley Balko via FoxNews)
It’s hard to blame self-important idiots who lobby for stupid regulations out of fear for their meager existence, but if elected officials are passing these unnecessary and harmful laws in exchange for money (and let’s face it, why the hell else would they pass such stupidity into law?) I am in favor of hanging, as you all should well know by now. Hang these sons of bitches and the problem will go away.
Hang em high, I like to say.
