Comments on: Government Regulation http://www.secularconservative.net/conservative/secular-conservative-philosophy-of-government-regulation/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.secularconservative.net/conservative/secular-conservative-philosophy-of-government-regulation/#comment-225 Andrea Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:25:35 +0000 http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=136#comment-225 I don't mind regulations, but I think that they're much better served on state and local levels. To use your example, homes in Miami need to be built to different specifications than homes in Alaska. I don’t mind regulations, but I think that they’re much better served on state and local levels. To use your example, homes in Miami need to be built to different specifications than homes in Alaska.

]]> By: Sabina http://www.secularconservative.net/conservative/secular-conservative-philosophy-of-government-regulation/#comment-91 Sabina Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:08:36 +0000 http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=136#comment-91 People should read this. People should read this.

]]> By: Bromby http://www.secularconservative.net/conservative/secular-conservative-philosophy-of-government-regulation/#comment-46 Bromby Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:05:33 +0000 http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=136#comment-46 I like this article a lot. I wrestle with this principle a lot, because when I state to liberals that in principle I don't believe that regulations are the solution to all of our problems. I really like your criteria for proving the effectiveness of a regulation before putting it into effect. We seem to live in a climate where regulations are created with a 'let's see what happens - hopefully it's good' mentality. I like this article a lot. I wrestle with this principle a lot, because when I state to liberals that in principle I don’t believe that regulations are the solution to all of our problems.

I really like your criteria for proving the effectiveness of a regulation before putting it into effect. We seem to live in a climate where regulations are created with a ‘let’s see what happens – hopefully it’s good’ mentality.

]]> By: Cephus http://www.secularconservative.net/conservative/secular-conservative-philosophy-of-government-regulation/#comment-45 Cephus Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:21:56 +0000 http://www.secularconservative.net/?p=136#comment-45 As much as I frown on regulation in general, there are some industries where it is absolutely essential. We need the FDA to keep our food supply safe, we need to regulate health care to ensure that people are being properly taken care of, we need to control our schools so we have proper educational standards and, yes, we need to have our fingers in the financial market to keep what has happened over the past 10 years from happening. Clinton largely deregulated the financial markets and Bush has, when presented with the opportunity, completely abrogated his responsibility to re-regulate them and provide fiscal control to the United States. Granted, that's because Bush is about as much a fiscal conservative as he is a brain surgeon, he spends money like it's water and figures we have a massive credit card with an unlimited balance that he can charge on wildly. It's no wonder that our entire financial disaster has been caused by a lack of regulation and a lack of responsibility on the part of absolutely everyone involved. We've acted like this is a party that's never going to end, but now... the party is over and everyone is running around like a chicken with their head cut off. There's a reason that the financial markets were regulated following the great stock market crash, and that's what largely kept this disaster from happening again. Now we need to fix it once again and put measures in place so it can never happen again. No, I have no faith in our current government, or whoever is coming into office next, that they have any interest in doing so. Both parties just want a return to free credit for everyone as a means for making the economy look good without actually being good. As much as I frown on regulation in general, there are some industries where it is absolutely essential. We need the FDA to keep our food supply safe, we need to regulate health care to ensure that people are being properly taken care of, we need to control our schools so we have proper educational standards and, yes, we need to have our fingers in the financial market to keep what has happened over the past 10 years from happening.

Clinton largely deregulated the financial markets and Bush has, when presented with the opportunity, completely abrogated his responsibility to re-regulate them and provide fiscal control to the United States. Granted, that’s because Bush is about as much a fiscal conservative as he is a brain surgeon, he spends money like it’s water and figures we have a massive credit card with an unlimited balance that he can charge on wildly. It’s no wonder that our entire financial disaster has been caused by a lack of regulation and a lack of responsibility on the part of absolutely everyone involved. We’ve acted like this is a party that’s never going to end, but now… the party is over and everyone is running around like a chicken with their head cut off.

There’s a reason that the financial markets were regulated following the great stock market crash, and that’s what largely kept this disaster from happening again. Now we need to fix it once again and put measures in place so it can never happen again.

No, I have no faith in our current government, or whoever is coming into office next, that they have any interest in doing so. Both parties just want a return to free credit for everyone as a means for making the economy look good without actually being good.

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