Are you absolutely sure you want to hold up unsubscribing from a newspaper as a bold success of government regulation? There is a lobby, politically motivated as these things may be, who argue that California's housing policy is causing immeasurable but substantial damage to the tune of much more than a NYT subscription. California has the largest net outflow of any state in America [0], although that sort of comparison is made challenging because of population differences. The point isn't specific political argument, the point is that there are really big issues to be dealt with and this isn't one. Who cares if the government gets this right or wrong? Every other state could be getting it wrong and nobody really cares. Government can't get those issues right reliably because it is too busy arguing about stuff that actually matters.
It is challenging to look at that as one of the major issues of debate and then say "well, but it gets some details right". Government isn't about details, it is dealing with a big picture. A government's success or failure isn't about the small details it doesn't screw up.
It isn't like unsubscribing unilaterally is even that hard; just stop sending the NYT money. I'm sure they'll get the message sooner or later.
It is challenging to look at that as one of the major issues of debate and then say "well, but it gets some details right". Government isn't about details, it is dealing with a big picture. A government's success or failure isn't about the small details it doesn't screw up.
It isn't like unsubscribing unilaterally is even that hard; just stop sending the NYT money. I'm sure they'll get the message sooner or later.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...