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Maybe, but probably not. I work with a lot of liberal government employees and policy makers (at the local level) and they rarely think of the potential negative consequences to their actions. This is mostly because a) they believe their idea/concept is so terrific no one in their right mind wouldn't want it; b) they don't give serious consideration to the possibility that people/businesses might change their behavior/actions to fall below the arbitrarily exclusionary "cut-offs" built into the program/policy; and c) they are so engrossed in their perceived "brilliant" idea/policy/program and the "good" they believe it will accomplish they don't stop and consider (or give much merit to) alternatives and "what if" outcomes when they are raised.