It is sadly not a satire article and comment section there has taken it quite seriously as well.

I would have posted an archive.org snapshot instead but the latter refuses to crawl the site due to pay wall restrictions.

  • Riskable@programming.dev
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    11 hours ago

    There would need to be a stupid complex network of regulations and inspectors to do it right.

    This is how all regulations work (for the most part). Also note that there’s no such thing as “too much” or “too little” regulation. There’s just bad regulations and good regulations.

    Examples of good regulation:

    • Car emissions standards
    • Appliance energy efficiency requirements
    • Safety regulations (all kinds)
    • Loads of regulations related to banking

    Examples of bad regulation:

    • Requiring certification for things that don’t need it (e.g. braiding hair)
    • Requiring drug tests in order to receive government benefits
    • Banning necessary medical procedures and medications based on religious beliefs
    • Loads of regulations related to banking

    Note: I work for a huge bank and our executives bitch about the cost of compliance all the time. Make them bitch more. Of all the things that need regulation, banking is of the greatest need. Never trust any financial system or transaction that isn’t heavily regulated! There’s an infinite number of ways to get screwed via banking and if it weren’t for regulations they would screw you and everyone else as much as they possibly could. History is full of examples.

    • village604@adultswim.fan
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      11 hours ago

      What I meant was that it would require so much that there wouldn’t be a way to effectively enforce it, especially since we already don’t do that for wage theft for adults.

      Although I guess the process for kids providing parents income already exists for stuff line FAFSA