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Government gaming its own regulations.


Military F250/350 all have emission deletes


The military cares about reliability. Emissions systems on modern heavy duty civilian trucks are hell on reliability.

There's a reason many people owning diesel trucks in states that don't do emissions testing pay a lot of money to delete the systems after purchase.


My homestate [Texas] does not require federal/state agencies to follow local building codes.

My new state [Tennessee] just ended government construction inspections.

Pay - to - play, folks.


That's worse than pay-to-play.

I lived in a tourist-driven coastal town for a few years, builders there regularly paid off our corrupt mayor to avoid the rules.

When the government is dodging its own rules its "rules for the, not for me."


>builders there regularly paid off our corrupt mayor to avoid the rules.

I stopped being an electrical sub-contractor after a local mansion builder told me to "stop worrying about the other trades[†], I have insurance for a reason."

†: floor-heat guy wanted to run his 35A through my 16A circuit, "don't make this harder than it needs to be."




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