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The Regulatory Plague Continues |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Edward L. Hudgins |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 2,139 Words, 12,861 Characters |
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"Did you hear the one about the bureaucrat who wanted all hard hats worn on construction sites to be sterilized before use? Or how about the one about the regulator who wanted to force dentists to dispose of children's teeth as toxic waste rather than allowing them to be returned to the children for a later exchange with the tooth fairy? There was this Housing and Urban Development planner who wanted to require the balconies of housing projects to be flush with the floor inside so that they would flood whenever it rained. And there was this other paper shuffler who wanted all automatic teller machines at drive-through banks to be accessible to blind drivers."
Sound like the beginnings of Jay Leno jokes? The good news is that these regulations, though actually proposed, did not go int...
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...ndictments against King George III in the Declaration of Independence was "He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass the people, and eat our their substance." No better phrase could describe the current state of affairs in this country. It is hoped that as the burden of regulations increase, the people of America again will demand their liberty. vbcrlf
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