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I am someone that believes in the need for regulations.
At the very least, I think there should be a way to combat against fraud and damage done to property.
...On the other hand there are people out there who believe that there is too much regulation, and too much regulation and bureaucracy harms the flow of the economy.
One type of regulation I am against are Home owners associations and home size restrictions. It's becoming harder and harder to obtain property that is HOA free, and it is becoming harder and harder to build a house the size of an apartment.
One type of regulation I am for are home safety standards. However, I've recently read a post where home safety standard related regulation could be structured differently, freeing up time and money on licensing fees, while at the same time maintaining the current safety standards that we have.
...With that said, what regulations out there should be in place, and which ones are unnecessary?
I am someone that believes in the need for regulations.
At the very least, I think there should be a way to combat against fraud and damage done to property.
...On the other hand there are people out there who believe that there is too much regulation, and too much regulation and bureaucracy harms the flow of the economy.
One type of regulation I am against are Home owners associations and home size restrictions. It's becoming harder and harder to obtain property that is HOA free, and it is becoming harder and harder to build a house the size of an apartment.
One type of regulation I am for are home safety standards. However, I've recently read a post where home safety standard related regulation could be structured differently, freeing up time and money on licensing fees, while at the same time maintaining the current safety standards that we have.
...With that said, what regulations out there should be in place, and which ones are unnecessary?
Government should prosecute fraud, theft and violence. They should stop there.
I have no problems with HOAs. They are voluntary and run by the people that live there. I lived in an HOA area once. Never caused me any problems. Though I prefer not having one. Most people that live in them like it because it keeps their property values high and the "riff-raff" out.
Government should prosecute fraud, theft and violence. They should stop there.
I have no problems with HOAs. They are voluntary and run by the people that live there. I lived in an HOA area once. Never caused me any problems. Though I prefer not having one. Most people that live in them like it because it keeps their property values high and the "riff-raff" out.
In the last place I lived people had serious problems with the HOA. Turned out that there was corruption that funneled money into the chairs pockets...
How about emergency departments being required to treat you no matter if you can pay or not? So if some mugger robs and shoots someone they aren't dumped out the back door?
If someone is selling bad food, then wouldn't that fall under fraud?
Never seen any case involving bad food being prosicuted for fraud.
Can you provide an example of your point?
I know the peanut butter salmonella case has wire fraud in the indictment, but it is for stating the food was untainted when they knew the tests proved it was. Not for the food itself being bad. If they didn't know, such as not doing the tests, they probably would have never been indicted in a criminal case...let alone fraud.
Last edited by EmeraldCityWanderer; 04-02-2013 at 08:48 AM..
I am someone that believes in the need for regulations.
At the very least, I think there should be a way to combat against fraud and damage done to property.
...On the other hand there are people out there who believe that there is too much regulation, and too much regulation and bureaucracy harms the flow of the economy.
One type of regulation I am against are Home owners associations and home size restrictions. It's becoming harder and harder to obtain property that is HOA free, and it is becoming harder and harder to build a house the size of an apartment.
One type of regulation I am for are home safety standards. However, I've recently read a post where home safety standard related regulation could be structured differently, freeing up time and money on licensing fees, while at the same time maintaining the current safety standards that we have.
...With that said, what regulations out there should be in place, and which ones are unnecessary?
Fraud has always been illegal and I don't know anybody who wants to make it legal.
There are thousands of unnecessary regulations and they add a huge cost to our goods and services.
If you have ever worked with the government on a project you would realize how wasteful these regulations are.
Well, I am not sure about food, but there has been plenty of lawsuits where, after the fact, people have sued for products that caused damage to their health.
Government should prosecute fraud, theft and violence. They should stop there.
I have no problems with HOAs. They are voluntary and run by the people that live there. I lived in an HOA area once. Never caused me any problems. Though I prefer not having one. Most people that live in them like it because it keeps their property values high and the "riff-raff" out.
Exactly. HOAs are voluntary. If you don't like it, don't buy a house there.
If someone is selling bad food, then wouldn't that fall under fraud?
Yes.
We don't need the government to tell us what we can eat, drink, smoke or grow.
We don't need idiots like Bloomberg regulating soft drinks, etc.
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