tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618871847353054725.post8964777936776735987..comments2023-05-02T06:38:59.482-07:00Comments on Conservative Women United: THE SOCIETY TO ASSIST IRRESPONSIBLE GRASSHOPPERSStacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00840211114576187128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618871847353054725.post-35044767019024558512008-11-30T08:01:00.000-08:002008-11-30T08:01:00.000-08:00D.Which restrictions on American business would yo...D.<BR/>Which restrictions on American business would you like to see eased in order to allow them to compete better in an global market?<BR/><BR/>I will list some of the major restrictions that our government places on American business. These restrictions grossly increase their cost of doing business as compared to foreign companies from China and Mexico, for example.<BR/><BR/>1)US companies have restrictions placed on children, under the age of 16, in the labor force.<BR/><BR/>2)US companies place restrictions on minimum wages.<BR/><BR/>3) US companies require workers to be covered by "Workman's Compensation"insurance,"unemployment"insuranse, social security and medicare.<BR/><BR/>4) US companies are restricted from dumping waste in waterways, in the air or in unregulated landfills.<BR/><BR/>5)US companies must comply with strict OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)regulations, which protect workers from unsafe working conditions in factories, mines, and other businesses.<BR/><BR/>6) Us companies face safety regulations which, among other things, prevent them from using lead based paint in children's toys or produce tires that are likely to blow out and cause crashes.<BR/><BR/>7) US food companies are strictly regulated for food safety.<BR/><BR/>7) US drug companies are required to have costly trails and get FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval before being allowed to put medications on the market. <BR/><BR/>7) Factories, commercial buildings and homes, face strong building code regulations. These regulations are intended to reduce building, fires, collapses and accidents. Also these regulations help buildings stand up to hurricanes earthquakes and other natural disasters. <BR/><BR/>US auto manufactures face strict safety and environmental regulations to make sure that vehicles on American highways are as safe and pollution-free as possible.<BR/><BR/>These are just some of the US regulations that I can think of off the top of my head. Although many of these regulations go too far, and some may not be effective, for the most part these costly regulations on US business help America to produce the safest products, under the safest, cleanest and most humane conditions. This is done in a manner that keeps American waterways, air and land, cleaner and healthier than most other nations of the world. <BR/><BR/>There are only two options that can level the playing field when competing with foreign businesses. The first would be to place tariffs on imports. The second would be to remove the regulations that I listed above, which make the cost of doing business in the US, more costly than doing business in other parts of the world.<BR/><BR/>The US has grown to be the freest, most prosperous, most benevolently powerful nation in the world. We provide the safest products for American consumers as well as the safest and most humane working conditions for its workers. It would be a step back into the dark ages, to reduce or eliminate many of the regulations that have protected American workers and consumers through the industrial revolution.<BR/><BR/>We can not control the way foreign countries choose to regulate their businesses. It is clear to me, that there is only one way to level the playing field, when competing with foreign businesses. It is to place tariffs and regulations on foreign imports, so that US industries can compete with them, while still maintaining our high American standards.garyganuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154000336139455269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618871847353054725.post-87661098769224975762008-11-29T14:29:00.000-08:002008-11-29T14:29:00.000-08:00D.Thanks for reading my articles about the root ca...D.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading my articles about the root cause of our economic woes and why bailouts don't work. <BR/><BR/>For an article about the solution to our economic crisis, please read "Two Concise Reasons Why We Face Certain Economic Doom" at:<BR/><BR/>http://garyganu.blogspot.com/2008/11/two-concise-reasons-why-we-face.html<BR/><BR/>Let me know what you think.<BR/><BR/> Garygaryganuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154000336139455269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3618871847353054725.post-75089785566611788542008-11-29T04:04:00.000-08:002008-11-29T04:04:00.000-08:00Well said D. Federal bailouts will reward ineffici...Well said D. <BR/><BR/>Federal bailouts will reward inefficient, corrupt and unprofitable corporations. Bailouts also tempt businesses and government officials with corruption. Bailouts also stifle the growth of healthy, profitable companies, because they are competing at a disadvantage with government subsidized companies, who are crowding them out of the market.<BR/><BR/>Besides all of that, as you have written, bailouts are immoral. I have always thought that bankruptcy is a legal solution to a financial problem, but not a moral solution. A noble person will do what it take in order to pay his debts. <BR/><BR/>I have written several articles on this topic. One of them is entitled "The Spiritual Root Cause of America's Economic Woes" the link is http://garyganu.blogspot.com/2008/10/simple-root-cause-of-americas-economic.html <BR/><BR/>What say you?garyganuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03154000336139455269noreply@blogger.com