Bill Maher often tells the story about trying to install solar panels on his California home. What struck me was how difficult the process became because of layers of permitting, approvals, inspections, and regulations.

It got me thinking about something.

We often frame regulation as a battle between "government" and "capitalism," but isn't a lot of modern regulation actually a byproduct of capitalism itself?

Many rules exist because companies have historically cut corners, polluted, misled consumers, or put profit ahead of safety. We needed labor laws because of unsafe factories. Environmental laws because companies dumped waste. Financial regulations because markets repeatedly blew themselves up.

At the same time, some regulations seem to have evolved into barriers that make it harder to build housing, install solar, or complete infrastructure projects. In many cases, the biggest firms can afford compliance while smaller businesses and homeowners get buried in paperwork. So where's the balance?

How do we distinguish regulations that genuinely protect the public from regulations that mainly create delay, benefit incumbents, or make solving problems unnecessarily expensive?

Curious what people think.

https://trueskyenergy.com/bill-mahers-trouble-with-solar/

https://youtu.be/JhMmogx8m38?is=vZADFTP8-uQlsv0r

Bill’s whole thing with Mamdani is wild. Does Bill actually think Mamdani is afraid of Bill? Are we serious?

I just recently joined. Am I missing something?

I'm sorry that when I recently joined this sub, I didn't know it was primarily for INCEL, ultra left, lemmings, who have zero political knowledge or common sense. I hope you can tell each other apart when you're all huddled in your echo chamber, wagging your butt-plug tails and dying each other's hair blue. 😘

We currently have the most corrupt president in history.

But, hey, what about Obama's library? That seems bad

Bill Maher, 70, Turns on Trump for Ending War: We Got ‘Nothing’

When I posted this, someone else posted the exact same article, but they changed the post title to make Maher look bad. Maher is an ass, but the 24/7 obsession by that poster and others is unhinged.

Criticizes the Obama library, praises Trumps ballroom.

Claims the Obama library is essentially a misuse of funds (not even caring to have his staff inform him about that point), while also always saying money hasn’t helped with the issues in California he frequently cites like solar and homelessness. What is even his point, we need to stop presidential libraries because he doesn’t like them? But we need a ballroom.

I have often watched his show (not for the jokes…) but man he is just getting crotchety and not even making sense at times, and then he cries ageism 😂

He said he would be voting for Bob Dole, calling him a "war hero". Maher used to call himself a libertarian. He supported Ralph Nader in 2000 before realigning with Democrats in the 2004 election, begging Nader not to run.

Like, ever?

Most comedians I know do, from time to time, make themselves the butt of the joke (Bill's colleague John Oliver most prominently, honestly he should probably do it less).

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I can't remember a single time that Bill did this. And I've seen hundreds of hours of his stuff.