[quote=SD Realtor]CAR how the heck are we the decision makers in any of this?
Does the govt give you a say? Did you get a vote for GM? Did you even know about other countries the govt helps? Do you even have a clue what orgs the fed or treasury has helped?
Did you have a say in the vote where the GOVT decided to bailout all these rich aholes because the GOVT told us the alternative would be a catastrophic collapse?
Yes I agree with your sarcasm about how well private industry ran things. So the govt didnt have clue what was happening? Or what the outcome would be?
Please tell me how I will be a decision maker as the govt continues to provide more regulation and increases their reach.[/quote]
Hopefully some of that regulation levels the playing field.
Good Regulation means Bridges don’t fall down, which the Nihilist Republican Lt Gov of Minnesota was cheering about as she gavelled in the vote to slash transportation budgets 90% in Minnessota.
Good Regulation means electrical prices are constant through the year, and not subject to market manipulation like Enron did to California.
Good Regulation means the commodity markets are fluid and stable with deep rich pools, not subject to massive swings on the spot markets because one guy is leveraged out 300X on prices like we saw in 08.
Good regulation means my insurance company treats me for cancer after i get sick and while i’ve been paying premiums for 9 years, not deciding that
mole I had removed 7 years ago was actually a metastized liver cancer and thus a preexisting condition and they don’t need to pay my clinic bills.
Good regulation means that the house i buy is built to code and won’t fall down during an earthquake.
so yeah, that’s intrusion, but most of the people
squawking about intrusion are the ones not doing their paperwork and not conforming to the law.
