We are devolving. If libraries were proposed, I bet republicans were to strike that down in no time.
There are already towns actively voting to defund their libraries for having LGBTQ books.
Libraries would never have passed these days. If only because copyright firms would crack down on it hard.
Most, if not all, laws should include annual inflation adjustments. That includes minimum wage, social security, food assistance, as well as minimum fines for breaking laws. Inflation is built into this economic system. The Fed is mandated to keep inflation at 2%, we should not be surprised that these laws become outdated.
It feels like an unnecessary way to keep politicians relevant since they have to keep voting to update these figures instead of just building inflation into the law.
It is by design.
If the minimum wage would be inflation adjusted, then businesses would need to compete on innovations, good products and efficient processes instead of cutting costs at the laborer.
This would either lead to an inflation loop or permanently lower profits to be extracted for the inept capitalists. Who is going to finance the campaigns then?
It is possible. My country has laws that specify penalties such as “x months in jail and/or a monetary fine of the nth degree” where the amounts for each degree get updated every once in a while.
My monkee brain saw whatever that machine is and autocompleted it to that animation of an anime girl getting raped and tortured in the most brutal ways imaginable :(
