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Originally Posted by maat55
I think the government should keep it nose out of my house. It reminds me of seatbelt & life perserver laws to protect me. I can see seatbelt laws to protect children from stupid parents, but as an adult, It's none of their business.
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Interesting attitude, maat55. The best way to keep the government out of your house is to build it out where the government does not care. But once you start building where you are part of a community, then you have to let the government (ie. community) in for certain things like electrical, plumbing, basic fire safety. The ruling about basement bedrooms does not forbid you building one in your basement - it just says that you can not count it as a bedroom unless it meets code and (here in Seattle) it has to have a window and access to an exit to count as a bedroom. Hmmm, I think each floor/level has to have 2 exits to outside and each bedroom has to have direct access to outside.
With regards to seatbelt laws and life-preserver laws, it is true that they are trying to legislate against stupidity and that could be left to Darwin Awards. Maybe they could make exceptions for people who sign organ donor cards