I'm not so cynical that I think politicians pass laws just
to control us. Someone always thinks: "This law is needed.
This will protect people."
But the cumulative effect of so many rules is to strangle life. Yet lawyers like George Washington Law professor John Banzhaf want more rules.
Banzhaf requires his law students to sue people, just for practice. "And we keep winning!" he bragged to me.
They do. But his legal "victories" hardly benefit the public.
He and his students have sued Washington, D.C., hairdressers and dry cleaners for "discrimination" because they charge women more.
Of course, they charge women more for a reason. Women's haircuts take longer. "Women get pampered," said hairdresser Carolyn Carter. "Men just get a haircut." Women's clothing is more varied and doesn't always fit dry-cleaning machines. The market sorts out these differences through differing prices.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/17/life-strangling-laws-from-the-unelected
But the cumulative effect of so many rules is to strangle life. Yet lawyers like George Washington Law professor John Banzhaf want more rules.
Banzhaf requires his law students to sue people, just for practice. "And we keep winning!" he bragged to me.
They do. But his legal "victories" hardly benefit the public.
He and his students have sued Washington, D.C., hairdressers and dry cleaners for "discrimination" because they charge women more.
Of course, they charge women more for a reason. Women's haircuts take longer. "Women get pampered," said hairdresser Carolyn Carter. "Men just get a haircut." Women's clothing is more varied and doesn't always fit dry-cleaning machines. The market sorts out these differences through differing prices.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/17/life-strangling-laws-from-the-unelected
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