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hvdub commented on the blog post Supreme Court Continues Its Assault on the Regulatory State
The problem is that the fines would continue to accrue. By not acting the EPA can both not alleviate the problem and can continuously up the ante. I would have to do a lot more research as to the particular case and the particular law, but it seems to me that it is reasonable to allow a homeowner to seek review of a regulatory ruling that might result in either extraordinary costs or fines. I don’t know if in the instant case the homeowner had pursued redress in the regulatory system, whether redress is possible in the regulatory scheme and whether there were available less expensive abatement methods.
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hvdub commented on the blog post Republican Innumeracy and Half-Universal Health Care
Shooter is a troll. But this time he is, unfortunately, correct.
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hvdub commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: It’s 3 AM. Do You Know What Your Legislature Is Doing?
New Jersey, last year, passed its own version of this nasty legislation, in effect obviating the common law “time of decision” rule which allowed local governing bodies to adopt new zoning regulations in response to an unanticipated development and locking in the law in effect at the time of initial development application.
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hvdub commented on the diary post Try Not to Think of a Newt by David Swanson.
You say: “the progressive position is that the taxes that pay for it should be cut — rather than expanded to apply equally to large incomes.” First,this is not, I repeat, not a tax. It is a contribution to a nationally managed retirement plan. Either the government’s budget must be in deficit or there must [...]
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hvdub commented on the diary post Why do wingnuts love Disco & R&B by psalongo.
Cocaine.
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hvdub commented on the blog post You Could Even Catch A Bullet From The Peacekeeping Force
TBogg I wonder why it is that people even find themselves out on the street and in the parks seeking justice? Could it be that our leaders (starting at the very top) are doing little or nothing to provide it? Is Obama directly responsible for Scott Olsen’s condition? No. But would Scott Olsen have been in that position had Obama’s leadership not been an utter failure? The answer here is an obvious and resounding no.
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hvdub commented on the blog post Chinese Currency Bill Gets Vote in Senate Today
How about using our legislative powers to tell our companies what they can and cannot do via tax and regulatory authority rather than picking a fight with another nation that, after all, must do what they must in competition with us? Oops, I forgot.
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hvdub commented on the diary post Fox News Turns the Guns on the Far Right by SJGulitti.
Ailes wants Chris Christie. All the reason he needs
