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"The bottom line is: I'm not an expert, so don't give me the power in Washington to be making rules. You live here, and you have to work in the mines. You'd try to make good rules to protect your people here. If you don't, I'm thinking that no one will apply for those jobs."
I'm torn on this issue, and could fall on either side of it.
Honestly, part of me believes the federal government doesn't have any business regulating "safety" concerns that don't impact the country as a whole.
For instance, oil rigs do impact the nation, as it can destroy 1/3rd of our fishing.
But coal mines collapsing don't effect the rest of the nation in that manner.
However, if regulations are removed, I believe more leverage should be given to unions. If they strike over safety concerns, the government should not step end to end the dispute.
But I also feel terrible for miners, and their families. I don't want to be cold on this issue, there is a real human element that I'm not in touch with, as I don't mine.
We just had a mine collapse a couple months ago, so that shows you how ridiculous this point of view is. You are not allowed to make a profit at the cost of human lives, this is ridiculous.
I'm torn on this issue, and could fall on either side of it.
Honestly, part of me believes the federal government doesn't have any business regulating "safety" concerns that don't impact the country as a whole.
For instance, oil rigs do impact the nation, as it can destroy 1/3rd of our fishing.
But coal mines collapsing don't effect the rest of the nation in that manner.
In both instances, we're looking not at the resource itself but protecting people. How is that not in the national interest? I assume you're opposed to child labor laws, minimum wage etc?
He knows enough to know that he's not an expert. pelosi, reid and the gang haven't grasped the concept yet that government isn't the answer to all our woes.
In both instances, we're looking not at the resource itself but protecting people. How is that not in the national interest? I assume you're opposed to child labor laws, minimum wage etc?
What is with child labor laws anyway? I think children should work at an early age for many reasons. It adds to family recourses, it teaches the children the puritan work ethic, it helps finance the lifestyle of the families who started the business in the first place. And above all we may be able to compete with China and India in short order.
In both instances, we're looking not at the resource itself but protecting people. How is that not in the national interest? I assume you're opposed to child labor laws, minimum wage etc?
Where in the Constitution does it say its the governments right to protect the worker from themselves?
No one is forcing anyone to walk down that mine shaft, and they can move if they really wanted to.
Its not a have to choice, its a choice they make for the money. There are other jobs in those communities, they just don't pay squat. They are compensated because of the danger, by their employer.
If it was a mining camp, like they used to have, where they paid their laborers with mine money, to be spent at mine stores, I'd see a point. But these are different days.
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Repeal safety regs = political genius?
