They ought to charge them the administrative costs for investigating and processing each of these claims if they are found to be baseless. That should slow them down a bit.
Now just to set the record straight, I agree with what the PTC is doing. Now onto my comment:
I don't support something like that. The problem is it would discourage normal people from filing a complaint. What's to keep the government from saying "that was OK" to everything to collect a little more revenue (I don't think they would, but some people would).
That said, if a group is found to be behind all the thousands and THOUSANDS of complaints that are found to be largely baseless (hypothetical here, for e
Unfortunately it probably wouldn't. Lobby groups like this are highly organised. Just think of how much time and effort goes into placing these complaints already (time that could be spent parenting)
Tacking on a little admin fee wouldn't slow them down much. They'd cry "Moral Issues" & "think of the children" and get some right wing group to fund them. Meanwhile regular Joes with ligitimate issues would see a fee and say why bother...
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Another Fringe Group (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Another Fringe Group (Score:2)
I don't support something like that. The problem is it would discourage normal people from filing a complaint. What's to keep the government from saying "that was OK" to everything to collect a little more revenue (I don't think they would, but some people would).
That said, if a group is found to be behind all the thousands and THOUSANDS of complaints that are found to be largely baseless (hypothetical here, for e
Re:Another Fringe Group (Score:2)
Tacking on a little admin fee wouldn't slow them down much. They'd cry "Moral Issues" & "think of the children" and get some right wing group to fund them. Meanwhile regular Joes with ligitimate issues would see a fee and say why bother...