Legislate What You Can't Sell
This past week end the Minnesota legislature passed a bill funding a new Twins stadium with a sales tax increase for those in Hennepin county and exempting that increase from a legally required referendum.
That got me thinking. Why do so many groups want to legislate what they can't sell? Can't sell the new ballpark? Legislate it with an exemption! Can't convince people that abortion is wrong? Make it illegal! Don't want contraception even within a marriage? Pass a law! (Yes, Virginia, there is such a movement to overturn Griswold and they're gaining traction.) Got a problem with same-sex marriage? Get a constitutional amendment! I could go on.
Of course the vast majority is at odds with each of these proposals according to numerous polls.
The Constitution starts: "We the People..." Isn't it too bad that legislators have forgotten who their employers are? Isn't it too bad that their employers have, too?
That got me thinking. Why do so many groups want to legislate what they can't sell? Can't sell the new ballpark? Legislate it with an exemption! Can't convince people that abortion is wrong? Make it illegal! Don't want contraception even within a marriage? Pass a law! (Yes, Virginia, there is such a movement to overturn Griswold and they're gaining traction.) Got a problem with same-sex marriage? Get a constitutional amendment! I could go on.
Of course the vast majority is at odds with each of these proposals according to numerous polls.
The Constitution starts: "We the People..." Isn't it too bad that legislators have forgotten who their employers are? Isn't it too bad that their employers have, too?
posted by Harry at 1:13 PM
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