A safe place workplace and healthy environment are worthy goals. Being free market doesn’t necessarily mean people oppose reasonable restrictions on industry. The problem is, the left has taken a good thing and perverted it to the point of ridiculousness.
It’s like prohibition. That’s an extreme. Being opposed to prohibition doesn’t mean one has to support alcohol sales to minors or drunk driving. It doesn’t have to be an all or nothing world.
Now look at what the left has done to this country’s economy. I’m all for limiting pollution, but we’re way past coal plants killing people with emissions or burying communities in soot. I’m all for safety, but when it gets to the point where I can hardly use a tool for all the safety features, get real.
At my work, we’re told safety is the #1 priority. How insane is that? If safety is the #1 priority, then we shouldn’t be doing anything. That’s what’s wrong with America. We saw the good results of limited regulation and safety standards, so we kept doubling down until it’s reached the point where the gains (in safety and a healthy environment) no longer justify the cost.
A classic case is the race war. We rightly eliminated separate laws for people based on their race, but we turned around and created preferences for people based on race. We took a good thing, eliminating discrimination, and took it so far that we created another evil.
“A classic case is the race war. We rightly eliminated separate laws for people based on their race, but we turned around and created preferences for people based on race. We took a good thing, eliminating discrimination, and took it so far that we created another evil.”
Bingo!! Give this man (or woman?) a cigar.