unintended consequences

State legislators in Nebraska are meeting in a special session to evaluate the state's save-haven law. It was meant to protect infants.

But, more than half of the 33 children legally abandoned under the law since it took effect in mid-July have been teenagers.

Todd Landry, director of Children and Family Services in the state, says the law has had unintended consequences.

Might Mueller be a victim? (via Austin Contrarian)

The Loose Cannon Libertarian Libertarians continually point out that the one thing mainstream politicians everywhere never seem to learn, no matter how many do-overs they get, is this: All actions have consequences; ill-conceived actions have unintended consequences.

This is because the politician’s response to every issue is the same: Governmental coercion solves all problems.

It’s a knee-jerk formula for jerks: See problem A, pass law B, get result C. Problem solved.

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