Because to keep their jobs they have to be seen as doing something and the old 'this is something therefore it must be done.' truism still hold. They never look farther ahead than the next election, were lucky if the look farther than the next nights news most of the time
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Excellent and very WISE observation. Why, oh why, do people in charge never consider the Law of Unintended Consequences?
Because to keep their jobs they have to be seen as doing something and the old 'this is something therefore it must be done.' truism still hold. They never look farther ahead than the next election, were lucky if the look farther than the next nights news most of the time
The people who make these laws are not affected, and the people who execute these actions are not the people that make these laws.
They will be. And they will be surprised.
Oh, I never said they weren't due for an ass whipping, I'm just describing how it happens.