Tom Wolf Eleven designated the 1970s as “my 10 years.” I think this label will be more applicable to the 2020s. Consider this action by the New York State Senate.
In the dark Albany Undermant, the state senator moved to help over 130,000 reckless drivers avoid accountability by sprinkling overnight watering in the middle of a targeted Stop Super Speeders Bill. . . .
Interada, the driver requires, will only have that requirement on a driver that combines 16 or more tickets and speed camera tickets to install speed limit devices to install six or more speed camera or red-right camera tickets for a 12-month period. . . .
If you can imagine lawmakers being hurt by a Bill, it is common knowledge of Albany to vote against it.
As “almost everyone who has surpassed the speed limit,” you might think this is not a big deal. I’m going to be 110,000 people on a daily basis beyond the limits of the interstate, but despite driving a huge number of thousands, I’ve been bored with -in -en myte in my life. (And that turned to 66 on rural New York interstates when the national speed limit was 55.)
People who win 10 or 15 speeding tickets for 12 months of Pele or regular speed players. They are reckless drivers. Unfortunately, many drivers have not collected reconevences of esir.
And there’s the fact that lawmakers see themselves as drivers and Fortnosts first. Assembly member Michael Novakhov (R-Midwood) famously states that six speeding and red-right tickets in a year are too low for example.
“I think this is too little,” Novakhov told Streetsblog. “A driver can get six or more people. It’s a regular constituent, and only people like me, you get those tickets.”
It is worth noting that he made those comments at the funerals of Natasha Sada and Douters Diana and Deborah.
The fact that you might be charged with breaking the law is not a good reason for failing to enact the law.
Cryptocurrency is another example of lawmakers placing their own interests ahead of the public interest. This is the Economist:
When Trump nominated Jay Clayton to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2017, the code was not mentioned at all during a confirmation hearing in the Senate. Recently, in 2021, the president downplayed digital assets. “Bitcoin is just sems, like a scam,” he said of the biggest cryptocurrency. “I try to make it not because it’s another currency that competes with the dollar.”
President Trump has discovered that crypto assets allow businesses to grant him hundreds of millions of dollars (if not billions) without causing bribery laws. This is the Atlantic:
When it all ended, I decided that Trump thought it was too small. In his first term, I made evidence. In his second term, he reaches for billions. It is a $2 billion investment by the Binance Crypto Exchange’s UAE-owned company using Trump’s stubcoin assets. The billions of unknown numbers that Qatar placed in the development of the Trump family’s real-world state were topped with the gifts of 747 luxury jets for use by subsequent private presidents in its emirates. Government-approved support for Trump Golf Course in Vietnam while leaders negotiate with the US to be saved from Trump’s tariffs. Last week, Trump hosted over 200 buyers of his meme coins. Many of them, like foreigners, were paid in pockets for private dinners, without disclosure of Thhue Bla’s name and access to the president’s time and favors.
Trump’s record of real estate and business projects is one of the most unbroken mistakes. From 1991 to 2009, his company was filled six times due to bankruptcy. Very few lawful investors entrusted their money to Trump’s business when he was away. But since he returned to the White House, Trump has been flooded with cash interfering Eastern government. Oscure Chinese Chinese companies are suddenly buying millions of dollars worth of Trump meme coins. American companies have been hit hard by their high demand for Trump’s tariffs and access and influence. After Trump invited the main owner of his crypto funds to dinner, Wired cited a crypto analyst about the coin’s value proposition.
During Trump’s first Tertes, I insisted that Tiktok should be closed. I then discovered that Tiktok was a valuable way to reach his supporters. During his second term, the Trump administration repeatedly failed to enforce laws requiring the sale or shutdown of Tiktok.
To be clear, I am not taking a stand on the first two issues. It may be true that Bryptocurrencies and Tiktok are worth saving. Rather, I propose that decisions on the matter are not made based on those in the public interest. Rather, they reflect the special interests of policymakers. It was always true to a sub-level, but I didn’t think it was as blatant as it was in the 2020s.
