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Old 06-26-2010, 02:59 PM   #15
classicman
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I'm certainly not one of them, but here are couple thoughts fwiw . . .

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Originally Posted by toranokaze View Post
Deregulation is what has caused the major disasters the BP mess....
not entirely - -their requests to drill in shallower water were refused. Something about environmental concerns. hmmm
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...and the recession are direct results of deregulation and laxed enforment of regulations in place.
I disagree with the former and agree with the latter. It is the Govt's inability or refusal to regulate. You can pile on regulation all you want and make the ill-informed happy, but without enforcement of the regulations already existing adding more serves no benefit except increasing costs.
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Originally Posted by Griff View Post
How can you regulate what you don't understand?
Thats a whole nother can of worms. Good food for thought.
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