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egbertowillies

(4,425 posts)
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 11:27 AM Sep 2017

Lesson for Republicans who constantly complain about regulations (VIDEO)

One of Republicans' cause célèbre is the removal of regulations especially those that tell people what they can and cannot do with their properties. This story hopefully teaches them a lesson.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/09/12/lesson-republicans-regulations/

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Lesson for Republicans who constantly complain about regulations (VIDEO) (Original Post) egbertowillies Sep 2017 OP
Democrats Please Stop Calling them Regulations TBA Sep 2017 #1
In my state Lord_at_War Sep 2017 #2

TBA

(893 posts)
1. Democrats Please Stop Calling them Regulations
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 11:37 AM
Sep 2017

They are protections. A "regulation's"chief aim is not to harm the regulated but to protect others from unfair, unethical, harmful effects. Since their aim is to protect, they should be called protections.

 

Lord_at_War

(61 posts)
2. In my state
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 05:43 PM
Sep 2017

Ladies who braid hair (mostly black) need to spend 500 hours in training just to get a license to open a business. Do we need protection from a "bad hair day"? (until you go somewhere else and get it fixed)

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