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Re: OT: Another math question
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fred White <[log in to unmask]>
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fred White <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:58:28 -0700
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On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 12:09 PM, Brice Yokem wrote:


> NIMBY (not in my back yard) arguments are kind of fuzzy.  I am sure
> if left to their own devices, States will come up with all kinds of
> goofy laws.

Of course. As long as they are within the bounds of Federal law.

> With federalization, that problem is eliminated, instead
> there are federal goofy laws.

No. States still come up with goofy laws to supplement the Federal ones.

> The major difference is, if a State does something stupid, it is
> easier to move to another State than to move to another country. If a
> State gets bad enough, it finds itself populated mostly by goofs, and
> if it can make that work, more power to it.
> Mostly it cannot, and has to straighten up.

Who determines which people are "goofs"? Are there different kinds of
"goofs"?

FW

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on
truth. - Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)

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