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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84673)	5/28/2010 5:15:04 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

Government regulations were in place for the oil rig, but the government failed to do its job of inspecting. There was enough government intrusion, this government was asleep and not doing the job...again.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84673)	5/28/2010 8:41:25 AM
From: JakeStraw	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

"One year from now, we have the chance to tell all those corporate lobbyists that the days of them setting the agenda in Washington are over. I have done more to take on lobbyists than any other candidate in this race - and I've won. I don't take a dime of their money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House." -- Barack Obama, November 3, 2007 "President Obama promised during his campaign that lobbyists "won't find a job in my White House." So far, though, at least a dozen former lobbyists have found top jobs in his administration, according to an analysis done by by Politico." -- Politico, January 29, 2009

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84673)	5/28/2010 1:49:09 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

That's anti-American, Ken. US was founded on the philosophy 'the best government is the least government'. Perfect example of the Lib brain's illogical 'do as I say, not as I do' mentality...the Lib peeping tom living next door to Sarah Palin threatens a reporter for invading his privacy. Chronically disconnected brain waves might very well explain liberalism. realclearpolitics.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (84673)	6/15/2010 2:25:19 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224708

More intrusive government is harmful to liberty and to prosperity. And its questionable even in terms of achieving the more narrow benefit of preventing things like the Deepwater Horizon disaster. More regulation doesn't make people follow the existing regulation better, in fact there is a good chance it will make compliance and enforcement worse. If you have X rules, that are important and clearly stated, then people can understand them and follow them, and regulatory agencies can enforce them. When instead you have 100X rules, many of which are questionable in terms of doing any good, than some of them are going to slide, as people don't have the money and time to comply with all of them, and regulators don't have the resources to adequately enforce all of them. As unimportant or even harmful regulations are ignored or worked around, or unintentionally missed, the attutude that safety regulations are important and should be followed slips, eventually this slippage can reach important regulation. Want more effective regulation and enforcement, and more protection from then? Fine get rid of most of the regulations, keep the important ones, add new important ones if needed (but much less than you get rid of), and concentrate resources on enforcing this lower number of important regulations. But that gets in the way of politicians and regulators drive for power, and to be seen as "doing something", in response to any new crisis or scandal, so it will probably never happen.