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Misplaced Priorities

Via Julie Saltman and Seeing the Forest comes this gem:

A review of fines levied by other federal agencies suggests that the government may be taking swear words a bit too seriously. If the bill passes the Senate, Bono saying "fucking brilliant" on the air would carry the exact same penalty as illegally testing pesticides on human subjects. And for the price of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during the Super Bowl, you could cause the wrongful death of an elderly patient in a nursing home and still have enough money left to create dangerous mishaps at two nuclear reactors. (Actually, you might be able to afford four "nuke malfunctions": The biggest fine levied by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last year was only $60,000.)

Posted by Ezra Klein on February 28, 2005 12:04 PM |



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Brilliant! I love that--nuke malfunctions.

Posted by: Marshall | February 28, 2005 2:24 PM

I think this just about sums up our government's priorities in one easy paragraph. Who cares about old people, poor people, or the environment? My children's little minds might be tainted! They might begin to think about...sex!

*(^&$&*!

Posted by: Wandering Angela | February 28, 2005 2:38 PM

Another fruitful comparison might be one between Bono's swearing and proposed caps on torts. Bono's indiscretion > having the wrong leg amputated.

Posted by: poop ruiz | March 1, 2005 1:08 AM

Alternative policies ? Maybe a guy should just have fun mocking these stupidities long and loud so the electorate realizes how dim this lot really is.

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