# Five People Just Decided What Tires You Can Buy | Freedom Friday

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Podcast: [Common Sense with Chad Law | Political Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-sense-with-chad-law-political-commentary-4943048)
Published: 2026-08-28T19:00:00+00:00
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Text the show! California’s tire controversy looks like another weird California story. Chad argues it’s something much more important. This episode follows one tire regulation backward through the system that produced it: appointed commissioners, decades-old laws, regulatory modeling, industry stakeholders, appliance standards, rising energy costs, and agencies whose authority can continue long after the political moment that created them disappears. But this isn’t an anti-regulation rant. ...

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