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View Poll Results: Does regulation equal anti
Yes 4 20.00%
No 16 80.00%
Voters: 20. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-30-2013, 05:55 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Then get someone that is an expert to tell you before you buy something...just because 1 person is an idiot doesn't mean everyone should suffer under government control.

 
Old 01-30-2013, 05:57 PM
 
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Then get someone that is an expert to tell you before you buy something...just because 1 person is an idiot doesn't mean everyone should suffer under government control.
Well, people get the government to get experts for them.


Anyways just because one person isn't an expert doesn't make them an idiot.
 
Old 01-30-2013, 05:58 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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OK maybe not an idiot but not smart enough to make sure they aren't being ripped off. Either way I don't see why we should all suffer for that under repressive government regulations and control that destroy the economy and make jobs leave for overseas.
 
Old 01-30-2013, 06:00 PM
 
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OK maybe not an idiot but not smart enough to make sure they aren't being ripped off. Either way I don't see why we should all suffer for that under repressive government regulations and control that destroy the economy and make jobs leave for overseas.
Not all government regulations are repressive. But there are indeed many policies made by the government that harm because the experts influenced the government to make them.

See: Bankers that obtained money from Congress to fund own pocketbooks.
 
Old 01-31-2013, 10:37 AM
 
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Statists would hold that the benevolent central government has our best interest in mind when they pass fascist edicts that circumvent the constitution (e.g. "assault weapon bans"), when in reality they are ceding their liberty to a group of authoritarian elitist central planners that think we cannot take care of ourselves without their enlightened "regulations".
So drunk driving laws are tyranical? People who support these laws are anti-car? What about people who support drivers licenses or plates, are they anti-car and tyranical?
 
Old 01-31-2013, 05:45 PM
 
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So drunk driving laws are tyranical? People who support these laws are anti-car? What about people who support drivers licenses or plates, are they anti-car and tyranical?
Didn't I already dismantle this asinine straw man of yours in another thread?

Keeping and bearing cars is not protected by the Constitution and cars are not considered an effective means of self defense and deterrent to a tyrannical government.

Keep trying.
 
Old 01-31-2013, 05:58 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Some seem to think that regulation means you are against whatever you are regulating. Does this hold for cars, alcohol, guns, public television, etc...
Some regulation is necessary for the protection of the people. But the assumption should always be that no regulation is needed until proven necessary.

Unfortunately, we have millions of regulations. Many are not needed and reflect politicians desire to control people. Others are in place to protect select groups of influential people.

For example, there is no need whatsoever to regulate haircuts. But governments in the US do it anyway. There is no reason to regulate what days I can sell cars. There is no reason to regulate when I can sell wine.

There are thousands of other examples.
 
Old 01-31-2013, 06:03 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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So drunk driving laws are tyranical?
Yes, some are.
 
Old 01-31-2013, 06:17 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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Where's the poll entry for "If you want to regulate something the Constitution specifically says is not to be banned, regulated, or otherwise infringed, then Yes, you are 'anti'." ?
 
Old 01-31-2013, 06:36 PM
 
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It dee3pdns on if your purpoase is to favor anther source of the same part of the ecnomy over that you regualte. Over regulation is bad as bgreece found out and won't recover form for decades ;suspect.its kinfd of like lookig at our enrgy situation. Since carter every president has promised to make us non-dependent on foreign sources. Yet without any energy poliocy the oil and gas amrket has brought to possibly in near future.Governamnt can over regulate and just make things worse in many cases.
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