http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1520 make it happen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1520#comment-22771 Michael Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:23:30 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1520#comment-22771 Enforcement resources are ALWAYS limited, such is the nature of regulation. This must be taken into account whenever new regulation is enacted. Enforcement resources are ALWAYS limited, such is the nature of regulation. This must be taken into account whenever new regulation is enacted.

]]> http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1520#comment-22656 WJB Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:06:03 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2009/1520#comment-22656 Seems to me that the real issue here is a problem of enforcement resources. In the example you cited, California doesn't seem to be enforcing this particular environmental regulation in a consistent manner. When someone yells loudly enough, regulators take up the enforcement - most likely to avoid political backlash. This doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem with regulation - it just shows that enforcement resources are being manipulated by special interest groups. In this case it is unions doing the manipulating but in another case it is the NRA. Seems to me that the real issue here is a problem of enforcement resources. In the example you cited, California doesn’t seem to be enforcing this particular environmental regulation in a consistent manner. When someone yells loudly enough, regulators take up the enforcement - most likely to avoid political backlash. This doesn’t necessarily mean there is a problem with regulation - it just shows that enforcement resources are being manipulated by special interest groups. In this case it is unions doing the manipulating but in another case it is the NRA.

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