[NorthMountain]

Every time a labor or environmental law or regulation was laid on one of our manufacturers their manufacturing costs went up which put them at a disadvantage to their unencumbered competitors over in those asian hell-holes. We could have rebalanced this manufacturing cost disadvantage with import tariffs but

But it would be far more efficient to not impose the "environmental" or labor regulations in the first place.

[Garth Tater]

"But it would be far more efficient to not impose the "environmental" or labor regulations in the first place."

Oh, I think some environmental regulations might be okay, unless you want our children to be living in a toxic stew as the Chinese do.