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Reprinted from Benefits Law Journal Summer 2010, Volume 23, Number 2, with permission from Aspen Publishers, Inc., Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, New York, NY, www.aspenpublishers.com.

Those of us who are old enough to have gray hair know life is not a bowl of cherries. Because we are human, we make mistakes. Our collective mistakes are usually called “isms,” like consumerism, communism, ageism. “Isms” become grossly amplified when they are made into laws. Most laws, of course, start with a simple, pure purpose—to make our world a better place. Sadly, the hackneyed saying “The path to hell is paved with good intentions” has more than a kernel of truth to it.
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