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The Ricochet Let America Flush Act of 2017
I’m not sure how the Venn Diagram of classical liberalism and national populism is going to play out during the Trump era here on Ricochet. I think there are going to be some stark disagreements that will likely open old wounds from the election, but I propose one very healing and unifying bill early in the next congress that is proposed directly from us at Ricochet to our elected officials everywhere (and we’re going to need you to stomp on the upvote button early and often so we get this on the main feed)
We want a bill that repeals the silliest and most intrusive thumb sucking nanny state nonsense that has been visited on the American people during the past couple decades by both major political parties.
We, the united Riochetti, propose the The Ricochet Let American Flush Act of 2017. The two core components that we demand are:
- Decriminalization of the light bulb. We want our cheap incandescent non-Energy Star compliant bulbs back and the commie compact fluorescent lamp bulbs relegated to the ash heap of history by market choice.
- Decriminalization of a proper toilet. Did we miss something in American history? Did we lose a war and as a condition of our loss we are required to use low-flow toilets as punishment? No? Then we demand to lawfully be able to buy a toilet that uses so much water and is so powerful that it violates Cold War era strategic arms limitation treaties.
What else are we adding to our bill?
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Shower heads. No more flow restriction.
And bring back dishwasher detergent with TSP.
I want to be able to buy a five gallon gas can without those stupid stupid stupid spring-loaded instaclose spouts…since the dawn of history those spouts were not mandated but now the EPA…sons of witches sons of witches sons of witches.
I’m not sure anyone will start manufacturing incandescent light bulbs again. If they’re legalized they’ll probably come from China or something, which won’t make Trump’s labor base very happy.
There is probably sufficient demand for eliminating low flow toilets, but in both these areas necessity has made people come up with some pretty ingenious solutions for both these problems. Eliminating the bans would probably be more symbolic than anything else.
What I think would be ideal is eliminating as much of general manufacturing regulation as possible which makes automation less expensive than human labor or has eliminated entire industries. This is the low hanging fruit that satisfies both classical liberals and pro-labor factions of the newly clarified Republican party.
Ideally, we’d eliminate minimum wage laws that declare you must be this productive or else welfare is your only option, but only like five people in the country understand that.
This. A million times this. I’ve wasted probably a couple hours of my life waiting for these things to empty.
Huzzah!
I’m in on all of the above. I also want a decent choice for a washing machine. I’ve been nursing mine for 2 years because I don’t want one of those new less water jobs.
Actually, I think Trump has said something about doing exactly this.
I would like to see knock-together furniture kits required to come with instructions written in ENGLISH (I don’t care if they have a second language upside down on the back of the page. That’s fine. I’m not a language snob. But I would like to see NO MORE of those stupid, wordless, incomprehensible diagrams and pictures that look nothing like either the parts, or the finished product that I am am trying to assemble, and which cannot be understood by man, beast, or the mythical two-year old who’s supposed to be able to put all this stuff together.
And while we’re at it, let’s get rid of most of those silly warning labels telling us that water is wet, that hot coffee is hot, that we should be careful while standing on a ladder, and that the baby should not be stuffed head down in the grocery cart seat.
I do think car seats for infants and small children were a good idea. It’s a miracle any of my generation survived without them, though.
It may be a miracle we survived, but I’m not sure it’s a good thing.
We have plenty of incandescent bulbs in Germany and I think there’s still a factory making 100W bulbs at least in Texas, so, yes, the first one would work very well. The second would, too.
Oh, and make it legal to manufacture and sell Kinder Überrachungseier in the US through a licensee.
And end any federal energy mandates that involve bird-chomping eco-crucifixes.
While we’re at this, get the ethanol the hell out of my fuel, and remove the federal restrictions that prevent localities from allowing free off-hour use of so-called “high occupancy vehicle” lanes on our “free”ways.
how do you nurse a washing machine? Just wear your clothes an extra day or two so you don’t wash as much? You can, from that comment, infer whatever you like about my lifestyle.
Agree with you on the first (dry locations can do their own water restrictions, I live next to a lake), not so much on the latter unless we have massively improved wastewater treatment. Phosphates in lakes are a big deal – all the nutrients cause algae growth and other unpleasantness. It’s one of the rare problems where a federal regulation probably helps.
The real problem is the vent. Any sealed tank needs a vent to let air flow into the tank or it will take ages to empty, and the air rushing up the nozzle creates a risk of a spark. All you need is a flame arrestor screen on the vent and a screwcap so you can close the vent after using it. The EPA decided to reduce smog by making gas cans less usable and less safe.
I work in the EHS field and regulation drive ME crazy.
“Make America Flush Again” … Gee, that works on several different levels!
This is my favorite rant. Where I live I spend at least half the year heating my house. Dangit, if light bulbs create a little more heat, that’s a feature, not a bug. If my tie clashes with my shirt, half the time it’s because I can’t tell what color they are because of the dim and odd colored light from the curly bulbs. If mercury had anything to do with autism, then it isn’t the vaccines, it’s the dang light bulbs breaking, and turning my house into a superfund site.
Packaging that’s impregnable to anyone weaker than Jessica Jones (I admit that I am), and any tool short of a blowtorch, has to have been mandated by some insane Federal regulation. If I’m right, remove the regulation.
Especially the end of the ethanol mandate. Aside from being better for our cars, it’ll greatly reduce the cost of food and the cost of what food eats.
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Yep, no subsidies for eco-crucifixes. End corporate welfare!
Hooray! Please add eliminate daylight savings time!!! I am in on this!
I propose eliminating the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for cars and trucks. People are going to buy what they want to buy. If customers want to buy cars with a focus on fuel economy, manufacturers will produce them. We shouldn’t penalize buyers with other priorities.
Remove the corn sugar laws which force the use of corn sugar instead of cane sugar. OK it’ll have to be imported it but it is so much better.
Are curly light bulbs made here? I am willing to bet that even if they are, they won’t be for long.
I don’t really like that I – sorry, my husband- has had to engineer our shower heads, sinks, and toilets to make them work. I do not care if it is just symbolic, I want zero barriers to purchasing items that work the way I want them to!
Yes, that is a pity. I blame public schools.
Symbols are important. We are a free people in a free land, and such people don’t have their toilets regulated by desk-jockeys 600 miles away.
Well, long story short, something is wrong with the spin cycle/balance. I can’t be too far away when washing a load in order to “rebalance” it or put it on delicate spin. It works best when I just do one load a day instead of having a wash day where I was several loads. Cost wise it makes more sense to replace the machine than fix it, but other than the aforementioned issue, it washes just fine.
I used to have an office in a hospital building and my own personal toilet that was an industrial force of American willpower. I miss it. I want one.
Bring back DDT!!
Unfortunately that’s a state level regulation (California, naturally) that affects the rest of us because the soap makers don’t want to make two different products. As much as I wish it were gone too, we don’t want the feds stomping on the states.
You can buy TSP in the paint department at Lowe’s.
Here you go. You can thank me later.