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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMain rw point: regulations kill job creation
... NO THEY DON"T! Regulations create innovations. Just ask any industry ... auto, energy ... INNOVATIONS CREATE JOBS ... jobs of the future. Cancelling regulations is just a return to past failures.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)rurallib
(62,411 posts)Something that affected the quality or integrity of the product or service. Regulations don't just spring from thin air.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Are there one or two whom might be outdated or not useful anymore? Probably. But that's not obviously not a good reason to scrap a ton of them.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)to review Federal regulations for costs and benefits and recommend those that could be pulled.
It is meaningless to talk about regulations in the abstract. If it bleeds it leads - the Democrats need to identify regulations that by their elimination, or failure to adopt, led to societal costs.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)create a better path forward.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)mostly
ck4829
(35,069 posts)If a company has to play by the rules, there is less of an avenue for lawsuits if something goes wrong and corruption if they have to keep their books in order.
If I was an investor, I wouldn't want to put my money on some wild west situation.
(There was a paper I read that stated exactly this, I can't find it now though)
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts).............
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)allowing polluters to pollute more and corp cheats to capitalize on maleficence.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)and virtually all were put in place to stop unsafe, unhealthy or corrupt practices based on harm that was already done.
Democrats need to cram the facts on origins of regulations down Republican throats and somehow educate the public on what they are losing when regs are taken away.
KY.......
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)compared to the last 2 1/2 years of Obama, the first 2 1/2 years under Trump have been pretty weak.
And, Trump's numbers are WAY behind Clinton, Reagan and even Carter.
onethatcares
(16,167 posts)who needs em?
Think of all the healthcare insurance dollars that can be made by denying care to people sickened by tainted food.
Do i really have to use the "sarcasm" thingie?
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)For them it is a business model.
yonder
(9,664 posts)genxlib
(5,526 posts)But they create many more: inspectors, permitting agents, clerks, compliance officers, safety officers, building officials, environmental scientists, etc.
As an engineer, I spend about half my time dealing with actual technical issues and the other half dealing with compliance for various regulations for building codes, zoning, drainage districts, health departments, etc. My staffing needs go way down if regulation went away.
onethatcares
(16,167 posts)a regulation cutting libertarian has something happen to their family, home or business due to something that should have been regulated or inspected, they scream that something has to be done to protect THEM.
As a carpenter I understand completely about tech issues and compliance.
Thanks.
Iterate
(3,020 posts)First of all, innovation is a function of education, population density, and culture. If anything, regulation drives innovation, as you said.
Top 10 nations patents per capita:
1 South Korea 2,962
2 Japan 2,250
3 Switzerland 1,013
4 Germany 902
5 United States 856
6 Finland 665
7 Denmark 539
8 Austria 489
9 Netherlands 444
10 China 396
For the US, 18/20 of the top states for patents per capita are blue and educated above the median. I take it that means the rw pundits would favor more college, less Jesus.
What innovation can't do is magically create jobs. It takes regulated, stable markets and expertise to get the innovation distributed and that means work. Those are also that nations and states with the highest wages and lowest unemployment.
Unless...those rw'ers are only talking about extraction industries, which is what I suspect. And we know that countries with unregulated, low wage extraction industries are among the most miserable in the world. Goodie, we can all now dig coal barehanded.