Advocating converting to the SI and metric is a political loser for any
party. People just resist any change.
The best approach would be for the winners of the 2008 election to adopt
the SI and the NIST proposed labeling standard legislation change after the
2008 election.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Hudnall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: [USMA:39553] Re: UPLR metric-only labeling option
I think it is not a Democrat vs Republican debate. I think both the parties
have been derelict in their duty on this one.
Article I Section 8 of the constitution states that Congress has the power
"to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix
the standard of weights and measures"
Setting the weights and measures to the metric system is not somehow some
"unfunded mandate" as some lobbyists have painted it to be, nor is it a
government power grab. This issue was written into the Constitution.
Congress has metric the "legally preferred system" of the US in 1988. The
Constitution call for Congress to set " the standard" NOT "the
standard(s)".
I know it is splitting legal hairs here, but couldn't it be argued that
Congress intended for metric to be used, and imperial were found to be
unconstitutional on these grounds? Any legal scholars have an opinion on
this one?
On Monday, October 08, 2007, at 03:42PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Oh, I wonder if the folks who just got an ncrease in pay thanks to the
first hike in the minimum wage in years (thanks to a Republican Congress)
or the kids who won't see health insurance because of the veto of the
SCHIP bill (thanks to a Republican President) would entirely agree.
But this isn't the forum for more of this, so I'll let it go ...
Ezra
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From: Brian J White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fine...Dems, Repubs....I could care less. It's the fault of the US
Government. :) I don't get into Ford vs Chevy type arguments about
political parties. That's all it is these days.
At 14:40 2007-10-08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Regarding the DOT regression from metrication, remember that it was
>the Republican -controlled Congress that insisted on amending the
>Transportation Act in that way. It was not politically feasible for
>Bill Clinton to veto that bill over just that one amendment.
>
>So, blame the Repubs for that gem, Brian.
>
>Ezra
