Beware of regulators bearing gifts
Regulators tend to be so focus on the regulations process that they often do not notice that they loose connection with the original intent. Obviously as Libertarian I oppose many of the regulations to begin with, but I assume that even people that are all for big government would agree that preventing people from donating food for homeless people is stupid.
Such case is the story of the Wisconsin’s regulators that forget why are they imposing price regulations to begin with, and end up with this:
A service station that offered discounted gas to senior citizens and people supporting youth sports has been ordered by the state to raise its prices.
Center City BP owner Raj Bhandari has been offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon.
But the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin’s Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price.
Unlike Hillary Clinton, I don’t think that this is only a matter of making the government competent, regardless of it size, I argue that the attempt to regulate so many aspects of life is bound to result in such decision - and these are the yet the small problems.
(via Reason)
Tags: Big government Regulations The free Market Price Regulations
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