2 stupid laws

 There are many laws that I do not understand. The 2 I really don't understand are the OR bottle law and the don't pump your own gas law. The gas law is changing, not because the governor signed it into law but because she didn't do anything with it. Leadership, not a thing. I was just annoyed by it when we first moved here but quickly got used to it and now will not pump gas. The government assures us that no one will loose their jobs when stations can make half their pumps self serve. Apparently, the government does not know how big business works. Stations are understaffed as it is and companies are showing profits so it makes since that now they can cut their staff in half and make even more money. Cynic?, maybe, but I think that is exactly what will happen.

And then there is the bottle tax. Annoyed the hell out of me. Bottles had to be returned to the stores where the area was trashed, long lines, machines broken; because, stores did not want to deal with staffing and supporting the area. And then the tax crazy people here decided that since not enough bottles were returned they would raise the fees. Cause that makes sense. Then people saved the bottles they paid a nickel on and returned them for a dime. People are people. Unlike the gas this law is not going away which is silly since we recycle here. Everything. Well, less now that we apparently can't deal with it here and other countries don't want to anymore.

And that is just the beginning. Does no one actually think before they put forth some of these laws?

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