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[–] warbond@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is why bills are named dumb shit like The Saving Puppies Act so that you look bad for voting against it.

I have no idea what was actually in this one, but I guess I wouldn't be surprised either way.

[–] TRBoom@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 days ago

I went and found it: https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5399H.03D.pdf

It's one of those bills blocking social media for children as well as banning deepfakes of minors.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah there's loads of reasons not to support a bill which don't mean you don't support the idea.

Suppose a bill said billionaires should be taxed 50% of their wealth but only if their name doesn't start with "E".

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Perfection is the enemy of progress.

Tax 99% of them and then introduce another bill to tax the ones starting with "E".

You could pass the bill and then do another bill to fix the other issues.

I'm against pork in bills and feel like they should not contain more than one issue. But it is all designed that way for a "reason". Don't like the idea of a bill, well add some pork and now you can be against that.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Thats not how law making works though.

If you pass a bill then the job is done. It might be decades before it comes up again.

Poorly drafted legislation can ruin lives.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

"Thats not how law making currently works though"

Yes things would need to change but if law makers had the public interest in mind, things would move much faster.

Single issue bills can also be decided on faster

The idea you're scared of is a benefit to "their" system. Less gets passed, less change.

[–] IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf 0 points 3 days ago

the childrens wellbeing and schools act

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hm. Wonder what those models were trained on. Oh well, guess we'll never find out

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 2 days ago

Capitalism find it wy to transform everything in monney scheme.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Libertarianism and its consequences

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Wait, what? is this real?