Quote Originally Posted by Regina View Post
Oh, heck. In the regulatory world, under the various statutes, we deal with "negative impact" all the time. Like when a regulation puts you out of business. That would be a negative impact. You balance that with the positive impacts: like those rare occasions when a regulations is (bonus!) going to boost your business (well, assuming it's doing that NOT because the reg put all your competitors OUT of business. Oops!).
I hear ya. I just wish people would say negative effect, instead of impact. (See Zen's post above).