Posted on 09/06/2019 8:13:41 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
In my think-tank work in Washington, D.C., I witness the ongoing, heroic battles of Trump appointees trying to tame the weeds of the thoroughly entangled bureaucracy. So much time and so much work is required to make even the smallest progress in rolling back the behemoth.
Right now, for example, the rule solving the dishwasher crisis is opening for comment. Back in the 1970s and 80s dishwashers were an efficient product, cleaning the vestiges of last night’s dinner party off dishes and silverware in under an hour. Then regulations began, demanding less water be used, then less and less. The regulation specifically included a clause saying no later administration could roll it back.
As the water allowance shrinks, the dishes take longer and longer — two to three hours on average today. This great modern convenience has turned into a nuisance. The Trump people were committed to solve this problem, but how?
Here is the solution they came up with to try and outmaneuver the strictures of Bizarro World. First they ascertained that there were none of the old, fast washers in stock at any of the American manufacturers. Since there weren’t, they could now be reinvented. So the rule, now being moved through the comment process, says as follows: a new category will be recognized, under the heading “Fast Dishwashers,” defined as machines capable of completing a washing cycle in under 60 minutes.
The new category of “Fast Dishwashers” will not be subject to the restrictions extant on the plain vanilla category of “Dishwashers,” thus allowing them to use sufficient water to complete the load in an hour or less. After years of retreat from our inventions, we can now behave normally again — but only if we follow an abnormal yellow brick road
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I like the strategy.
As an appliance tech of more than 30 years, I can attest that the new dishwashers do not work.
I held onto my old one and have a spare in the shed.
Genius, just come up with a new category name and you can work around the regulations.
The auto industry should try this. Exmple “Non-liberal voting people mover”.
Now we need to make Clothes Washers Great Again. HE clothes washers don’t clean clothes.
My dishwasher is still attached to my arms! lol
My hands!
Speed Queen top loader.
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Best comment today.
Yes I have read it for years but still best!
I have a BOSCH. The thing is so quiet I at first wondered if it was even on. Love it.
Can we get special Irritable Bowel Syndrome toilets made under the Americans with Disability Act which can flush 3.5 gallons of water?
This is God’s. I wish the gubmint would scrap CAFE standards and start making cars people actually want.
My new house has an old dishwasher. Not pretty but man! does it know how to clean a dish.
I meant to post this is good.
What is this B.S. that regulations say they can’t be rolled back by a future administration? That needs to be tossed out on its ear.
“The thing is so quiet I at first wondered if it was even on”
Misting dirty dishes should be quiet.
Same with laundry equipment. There is a store in my area that does a booming business refurbishing and reselling old washer/dryers.
Because the 80’s Kenmore actually WORKED!
How about making toilets and washing machines great again! The rats really now how to f up a good thing, now Im washing the detergent out of my clothes 2 to three times over and the toilet needs to be flushed a half dozen times to clear. Way to go geniuses!
Mine too!
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