Wow.
This is why thousands of Amish in PA voted for Trump. (Thank you, Scott Presler!)
Standing out in the cold this winter or living in tents doesn’t pass code either. Those tiny houses (assuming they have some kind of heat) would be better & they might even be pretty efficient at conserving heat. If I lived there, I’d surely accept one compared the alternative. If the state insists on building to code, what will it do about those who may perish this winter?
We must find a way to dial this back. Way back.
When the government got involved in regulating how much water toilets could use with each flush, many around here, myself included said:
If Government can control how much water is used when you flush your toilet, there is nothing they will not control.
I have zero doubt that the vicious bureaucrats at the local and state levels who kicked people out of those small shacks that were put up leaned on codes and statutes similar to that one.
This proves that bureaucrats, no matter how petty, can become tyrants with that power granted to them. Obviously some resist this, but given the types who gravitate to many of those positions, the number who do succumb to it are either more numerous or more influential.
heads up