They Know What Matters
By Mitch Berg
The State Senate Senate begins to legalize scalping:
Ticket scalping has been a crime in Minnesota since 1963, but a bill to legalize it sailed through the state Senate on Monday.
The burgeoning cybermarket in sports and entertainment admissions has already eclipsed most scalping laws, said Sen. Chris Gerlach, R-Apple Valley.
On the one hand, is this really a legislative priority?
On the other – scalping laws are dumb, and should be repealed.
I’ll give it a “C”.
February 20th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Scalping laws are dumb.
I hate scalping more than just about any other semi-rare inconvenience I know of.
There must be a way to defeat scalpers without dumb laws. Hmmm.
February 20th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
When I was a kid, my parents asked me to clean my room one day because it was a real mess.
I was finding the task somewhat overwhelming but my friend who was visiting offered to help. As I was trying to figure out where to start, he began to pick up some coins and other small objects.
He then said “Start with the little stuff. It’s easier to get moving and it’ll help you see the bigger tasks easier”.
After years of reflection, I’ve decided that he was a genius.
We’ve got way too many stupid laws on the books. As long as they KEEP GOING, I’ve got no problem with them picking off the easy ones first.