Feel Good Laws Hurt Everybody

Do-Gooders Never Did Anything Good

Just today, I heard in the news that a woman had a car accident because she was holding a cat in her lap. Within two day, a Sacramento lawmaker introduced legislation to make it unlawful for people to hold cats in their lap while driving. How stupid is that?

Take the Americans with Disability Act, signed by Nixon, a Republican, in 1973.

Nixon years were interesting. Being a Republican, Nixon tried to appease or rather get his political enemy to like him. He almost succeeded, if it wasn’t for Watergate. The three-day war in the Middle East triggered an oil shortage. He aggravated it by placing price controls on gasoline and oil. Would you believe it, he taxed old oil higher and new oil lower. All of this was a big mess that hurt America. In his mind, this was supposed to encourage new oil exploration. His executive order, within weeks created artificial shortages of fuel. You had to wait for hours to get to the pump. It didn’t do anything to correct the prices.

To add insult to the injury, he put a limit on wage increases of 5% per year, to curb inflation. He limited your earnings potential.

Nixon’s actions were so typical liberal. Had he had the power of a totalitarian dictator, he would have turned this country communist in no time. The Democrat Liberals loved him so much, that there was a bill in congress at the time, to amend the Constitution to allow Nixon to run for a third term.

The Americans with Disability Act on its face makes sense. Help the disabled by providing facilities to make it easier to access public buildings and businesses. A closer parking spot and a ramp if the disabled was on a wheelchair.

This feel-good law, over the years, has turned into a monstrosity.

I work part time for an architectural/construction printing company. I deliver construction prints. There is a large construction site with heavy earth moving equipment, a lot a gravel, and a small patch of temporary pavement right in front of two large construction trailers. These two trailers have a two-spot parking space for disabled and a long ramp. This is ridiculous. No one in these trailers could remember any handicapped person ever visiting the site.

I saw a large distribution center (a warehouse) with a huge loading dock. Only trucks could even get to the dock. On the side, there were several parking spots for disabled. How many disabled people drive to this kind of dock is a mystery to me.

In a well publicized case in California, a woman in the wheelchair sued Squaw Valley Ski resort for not providing accommodations for the handicapped. She wanted to have access to the mid-station accessible only by gondola to watch people skating on a small ice skating ring. The mid-station was built to be the base for skiers while using the lifts to get to higher elevations and ski back to the station. It has a nice restaurant were the skiers can eat and rest between runs. The ice skating ring was built mostly for children who were not ready to ski yet.

Lately, it’s been reported in the local papers, that litigation attorneys are hiring handicapped people in wheelchairs and go around targeting small businesses for compliance. If they find an inch worth of violation, they threaten to sue in exchange for a payback.

This is public robbery and the Government, is the enabler.

One of the most intrusive laws is The Fair Housing Act enacted in 1968. It was intended to eliminate discriminations of all sorts. It was a good intended act.

Look at it today. It comes very close to confiscating your property. It dictates what you can do with your private property, personal or rental.

There was a case in the news recently. A resident of Newport Beach placed an add, something like this: “One bedroom apartment fully equipped with an office and Internet connection. Perfect for a professional couple”.

A self-appointed policing agency, paid by the government, called the owner and told him that the add violated the Fair Housing Act because “professional couple” implied that he did not want any kids in the rental. He took his case to the city and the city agreed that there was no violation. However, the city told him to pay $4,000 and all charges will be dropped although he was in no violation.

Do you think this law protects discrimination? Last time I applied for rental, I had to provide a background check report, credit report, earnings proof, etc. etc. Think about how idiotic this law is. Furthermore, it’s been on the books since 1968 and nobody complained about it. Maybe it’s the time to do it.

The potential of abuse of such a law is endless.

Communism had a simple solution: It confiscated your property.

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Computer Security

As a computer/internet user you already know how important the security of your computer is. I am a retired computer designer, had computers in my house for more than 25 years. For most part, I didn’t have to worry much about the safety of my computer, except in the last few years. Presently, I am evaluating and changing my computer security program every six months.

Here is the latest: Netcom3 Internet Security.

Better feel safe than sorry.