Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:35 AM 4/25/97 -0400, Ken Wilcox wrote: >Another case of government doing what is east rather than what makes sense? I presume you meant to say, 'easy' and not 'east'. Not at all. We have a system which, alas and alack!, allows bureaucrats to regulate our lives. To do this, they must hold public hearings: there are probably several hundred of these hearings each week (you all do NOT know how much the government intrudes into every aspect of your life -- WRITE YOUR CONGRESSPERSON!) The EPA, under this statist system, asked for public comment. The camera industry vociferously objected to an exchange policy, as did the hearing-aid people. No one spoke in favour of the proposal -- you and I didn't know to comment! The EPA went with the only comment they had, as they are supposed to do. The political system and the EPA acted in accordance with the rules. We were the ones who failed to react -- but that's because we didn't KNOW about it. It's a lousy system. LOBBY FOR CHANGE! Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!