Common sense has to come in somewhere, does it not?
Don't remember the figures, but a EPA illustration makes the point.
In the 70's(?) "xyz" emissions were to be cut from factory smokestacks by 30%, and this cost MFG ~ 1.5 mil per large factory.
Next came the requirement to cut these same emissions by an added 12%. This cost these same factories an added 2.4 mil per factory.
Well the EPAers still needed to justify their existence, so late 80's an added 5% cut in emissions was required, costing another 5.7 mil per factory.
Now, like I said I don't remember any of the details, but this is specifically what you can expect if they are successful in passing the infamous CO2 legislation now under discussion(Pending?)!
This is the same as accommodating a persons infirmities by the public - somewhere the law of diminishing returns comes into play, and if your job depends on getting legislation for specific "SOCIAL ILLS", then you can be sure that your gonna find more & more ways to accomplish that goal.
That means you start with making all public buildings accessible by wheel-chair; so far so good. A logical and noble goal.
A few years later congress is wondering just why you still need to be on the payroll, so you then decide that any private business that builds and/or renovates must also have WC access. (Whew good for at least 2 more years now).
Same situation with budget comes again so now ---------.
See where this is heading? Before long you'll be guaranteed, by law, that you can have a special reserved seat in any restaurant if you can prove (?) that your bunion will not let you walk over 50 ft with out pain.
OK, sarcasm off, but surely you can see where this obsession with accommodating each and every physical anomoly can lead in a nanny gov't!
All I ask for is a little common sense and consider what any new law CAN LEAD TO by hungry lawyers and greedy clients.
