Vanquish
Vanquisher of shills
- Aug 14, 2009
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A lot of conservatives like to say they're all for common sense. In response to this tragedy, to a lot of liberals it's common sense to call for more restrictive regulation....but the response I'm seeing from so many on the right is still "regulation r bad".
Why can't this be a topic where the two sides come together?
No amount of regulations will stop accidents from happening. That's just plain old common sense. The more regulations you make the more costly it will be to help supply this nation with oil, you'll pay higher prices at the pump and it could even force some oil companies to abandon exploring the gulf for oil altogether, while China and other countries who are not burdened by nonsensical regulations, will continue to drill. Which still puts our shores at risk for another potentially catastrophic oil spill. Common sense would tell you that, that is not a good.
If what you're saying is true...we shouldnt have laws at all. No consumer protection laws...no criminal code. I mean hell, it's going to happen anyway!
That gauge could have been mandated. Yes, I know the efficacy of that gauge has been called into question, but at the very least it COULD have helped possibly. Its COMMON SENSE to try to spend $500,000 vs the billions that are going to be paid now.
And posts like yours are why I wonder if the conservatives should just all become anarchists and libertarians. No regulations seems to be your thing.