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02-24-2009, 08:22 AM
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- Antitrust legislation?
- To a large extent
- How about food safety standards? Is inspection of meat socialism?
- General safety standards are good, but it is taken too far, when the government bans items, that consumers should have choice over, such as food supplements, or raw dairy products. I believe that Government can provide information on the safety of products, but it should be up to the consumer to decide whether or not to take the risk.
- What about regulations specifying what side of the road we drive down and highway safety standards?
- Generally good, I don't have a problem with this.
- How about conflict-of-interest regulations for the banking industry?
- I think that the information should be provided, and then the consumer/investor should make an educated choice.
- Do you feel government intervention to prevent insider trading to be socialism?
- I would say this is getting there, and they obviously do a poor job anyway, as evidenced by the recent Madoff scandal.
- Do you think antitrust regulations are socialist overreaching?
- Answered above
- How about environmental regulations? Do you think it is socialistic to require power plants not to belch unseemly amounts of sulfer, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the air?
- Yes, much of the environmental regulations are socialistic. The free market can reward clean technology, if enough of the people want it. This is especially problematic when it is based on bad science, such as "global warming". Carbon Dioxide is a weak green house gas, and humans have very little impact on global warming.
- How about child safety and welfare regulations? Are they an unwarranted interference in the business decisions of day-care centers, schools, toy manufacturers?
- Yes, this is mostly socialist. Parents should have the rights to raise their children as they see fit. The laws that protect all individuals from harm by another should be plenty of protection. Beyond that is over-reaching. Parents should be allowed to decide whether or not to vaccinate their children, and children that are stupid enough to drown in a bucket, should be part of the natural selection process, rather than banning buckets.
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