Yes regulation can slow the economy too. But some of it is needed. Ever been to China? Lots of places there you can't even see the sky.
Good point but not how you think. America made a conscience decision beginning in the 1970s to clean up our environment. That required regulations which squeezed whole industries out of our country. In a sense, we exported those industries and the jobs to countries that would accept them and the pollution they create. Now the same voices that screamed loudest for the regulations are whining about the jobs lost. I for one think it was a smart trade-off but I'm not hypocritical enough to complain about those job losses.
I think it was a very smart trade-off. China has been growing fast but they will one day have a very expensive mess to clean up.
Yeah, but next the hand-wringing, Chicken Little loony leftists will be blaming America for "exploiting" poor 3rd World countries by exporting our "dirty" industries. Hypocritical fuktards.