How government wrecked the gas can
Link here. This story should not surprise you. More important however are the article’s concluding words:
Ask yourself this: If they can wreck such a normal and traditional item like this, and do it largely under the radar screen, what else have they mandatorily malfunctioned? How many other things in our daily lives have been distorted, deformed and destroyed by government regulations?
If some product annoys you in surprising ways, there’s a good chance that it is not the invisible hand at work, but rather the regulatory grip that is squeezing the life out of civilization itself.
Almost all of the petty technological annoyances we struggle with today are the result of foolish federal regulation.
Hat tip John Harman.
Link here. This story should not surprise you. More important however are the article’s concluding words:
Ask yourself this: If they can wreck such a normal and traditional item like this, and do it largely under the radar screen, what else have they mandatorily malfunctioned? How many other things in our daily lives have been distorted, deformed and destroyed by government regulations?
If some product annoys you in surprising ways, there’s a good chance that it is not the invisible hand at work, but rather the regulatory grip that is squeezing the life out of civilization itself.
Almost all of the petty technological annoyances we struggle with today are the result of foolish federal regulation.
Hat tip John Harman.