Gives A Whole New Meaning
to being regulated to death. From before your birth to after you're dead, governments are determined to control every damn thing!
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In a 51-page report sent to the state legislature last week, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies said, “It is clear that the public is harmed by the general lack of regulation of funeral service professionals in Colorado.”
[Uh, if you're dead, what more can they do to you? Oh, of course, “regulate” and increase the cost of dying, which will be passed on to the dead consumer and their heirs. I guess “Estate Taxes” weren't raking in enough, so they have to find more ways of taxing you beyond the grave].
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Colorado has long boasted the laxest mortuary regulations in the nation. The state is the only one in the country to license funeral home businesses, not those running them.
[In other words, it's not enough to just “regulate” the business, the business needs to be micromanaged].
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Under a recommendation proposed by the Colorado Funeral Directors Association, new funeral home and crematory workers would need to graduate from an accredited mortuary sciences school, pass a national exam, serve a one-year apprenticeship and pass a background check.
[Cui Bono? The government, as always. Who pays? The “protected” dead people or whoever is paying for their final trip. Small funeral homes will find it difficult or impossible to take on the added expense. Larger companies will take over, and the small ones will die off. Such is the long history of “government regulation”].
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State regulators, in the report, asked stakeholders to list examples of the harm done to the public by lack of regulation — and they had no shortage of cases.
[There are abuses everywhere. Instead of causing prices to significantly go up, how about passing reasonable laws, and significantly incarcerating those who violate those laws? Along with the managers of, and investors in, the companies that violate the laws. Put 'em on a chain gang, chopping firewood for senior citizens and genuine charities that help those in need! After that, we can extend that to pharmaceutical companies and hospitals].
Colorado should finally license funeral home workers, state regulators recommend