While republicans are laser focused on drag queens and trans bathrooms.
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Giving the industry something to do is good for the economy?! Weird .... /s
Remember when Republicans were angry that a oil company couldn't build a giant oil pipeline and said, "He's taking away jobs!" Totally ignoring that the pipeline would actually destroy jobs for truckers and everyone around that?
No point to the story I just wanted to share that.
I don't have a comment on the law, but the logic in the headline is just stupid.
You can make a law requiring the lawns to have grass neatly arranged and you will create millions of jobs of people going through lawns with a fine comb and billions in investment to optimize and automate it.
"Creating" jobs and investment via regulation isn't a positive in and of itself. In fact, it can be detrimental like the aforementioned example.