💬 Opinion 3h ago · Peter Suderman

Even Laws That Haven't Passed Can Have Unintended Consequences

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Even Laws That Haven't Passed Can Have Unintended Consequences
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If you follow public policy debates, you are probably familiar with the concept of unintended consequences. Laws or regulations implemented with good intentions can, over time, have unexpected, unintended negative effects, sometimes undermining or fully negating the good intention behind the rule. 
But even laws that have not actually passed can have unintended consequences. You can think of them as risk taxes, since they increase the costs of already-high-risk activities. 
Case in point, the Se

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