liberty90
Evil Neoliberal Cat
Imagine that you are a politician and a lobby of hairdressers approaches you. They want you to promote a new regulation, 2 years of mandatory training for any new hairdressers, done by people certified by their group.
Now, if you refuse, you possibly make enemies. If you agree, you make friends.
General public is concerned with grand issues like abortion,not with risks of 5$ higher haircut bills ten years from now. Opposition wouldn't make you any strong friends, unlike support of the regulation.
Multiply by a few dozens of various interests groups per year, all slowly lobbing for very concentrated benefits to their friends, while costs are like 1$ per taxpayer or customer.
How your legal and regulatory code looks after 100 years?
Statism and over-regulation are basic nature of humans and human politics. The same happens not only to democratic legislature, but also to dictators.
In my own country, Poland, the first laws about income tax had like 12 pages (ironically made by the last reformist communist administration). Now hundreds of various special cases, and there will be more and more, such is the nature of humanity.
Now, if you refuse, you possibly make enemies. If you agree, you make friends.
General public is concerned with grand issues like abortion,not with risks of 5$ higher haircut bills ten years from now. Opposition wouldn't make you any strong friends, unlike support of the regulation.
Multiply by a few dozens of various interests groups per year, all slowly lobbing for very concentrated benefits to their friends, while costs are like 1$ per taxpayer or customer.
How your legal and regulatory code looks after 100 years?
Statism and over-regulation are basic nature of humans and human politics. The same happens not only to democratic legislature, but also to dictators.
In my own country, Poland, the first laws about income tax had like 12 pages (ironically made by the last reformist communist administration). Now hundreds of various special cases, and there will be more and more, such is the nature of humanity.