Idiot du Jour

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who thinks restaurants should be able to opt out of certain regulations:

“I was having a discussion with someone, and we were at a Starbucks in my district, and we were talking about certain regulations where I felt like ‘maybe you should allow businesses to opt out,'" the senator said.

Tillis said his interlocutor was in disbelief, and asked whether he thought businesses should be allowed to "opt out" of requiring employees to wash their hands after using the restroom.

The senator said he'd be fine with it, so long as businesses made this clear in "advertising" and "employment literature."

“I said: ‘I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy as long as they post a sign that says “We don’t require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom,” Tillis said.

There's an interesting reveal on the thought processes, such as they are, of "conservatives" -- they seem to get to a certain stage that gives them a good line, but they can't go any farther than that. So, restaurants can opt out of requiring employees to wash their hands, but they have to put up a sign saying so. Tyranny! Oppressive government regulation!

Idiot.

(One wonders what other regulations Tillis thinks should be optional? Sanitary regulations? Food inspection? Fire code?)