This is criminalization of commerce by regulation. These are the first fruits of totalitarianism whereby the state oppresses the subject through unknowable rules.
“This is criminalization of commerce by regulation”
Yeah, but there’s the old principle of whatever they subsidize they can regulate. I’m sure their power to fine derives from the fact that they dump other people’s money on the school. We’ve got a vicious cycle going, with federal subsidies. They take money from the people, and in order for the state governments to get it back they havge to agree to a few concessions. Nothing major, just a little social engineering.
States can’t resist it. They’re governments, too, and they need their revenue. They haven’t any central back to print it up. Individuals can’t resist it, either. No one can. It’s their money in some, other people’s in many, cases, and damned if it’ll end up over the border. Filthy lucre is the feds’ trump card. At least until they go bankrupt, which isn’t far off.