While I do agree wholeheartedly that we need to largely dump the environmental restrictions, Freepers often ignore the cost of labor in the U.S. as a major factor in the price of production and manufacturing.
It would be an interesting study to see the effects of dropping minimum wage laws altogether. Would people work?
Unions have artificially inflated domestic wages. American companies have difficulty competing with cheap labor in places like China, India, and Mexico. Getting rid of the unions would have a more profound effect on boosting domestic production.