I love it when the bought and paid for conservative politicians (of both parties) start whining about "onerous government regulations" stifling business.
If only we could unleash the might of the free market and pure capitalism, everything would be perfect!
The primary reason we have these regulations is because at some point, some upstanding business man, usually a pillar of the community, and quite probably a life long Republican, decided to see how much he could fuck over the populace.
Whether by poisoning the air, water, or food supply, or screwing over his workers, or cutting corners on safety, or any one of a seemingly endless number of shortcuts to save himself a buck, all while potentially harming the rest of us.
Now, the conservative/libertarian argument against regulation is that, if you hurt and/or kill enough people, eventually you'll be forced out of business by the "self-correcting" marketplace..............
Eventually.
That is just about the stupidest argument I can think of. A clever child wouldn't make that argument.
And yet we have allegedly "serious" politicians who do just that.
Madness, I tells ya. Shear madness.
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