Damn. Applauding Erand and Intense's very competent posts and me outta rep. ![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
NECESSARY regulation to ensure that people are not able to legally foul the water, air, and soil shared with others is a means of recognizing and protecting unalienable rights. It is not an infringement on capitalism.
But when the regulations start infringing on what perfectly acceptable products a manufacturer is allowed to manufacture or what retailers are allowed to sell, that is going beyond a protection of rights and is an infringement on capitalsm. Also when the federal government presumes to dictate how much an employer must pay his employees, what benefits he must provide, how much time off he must allow him to have, how much the executive should be allowed to earn, etc. etc. etc., we are getting very close to government control of the means of production which cannot happen and still have a free society.
NECESSARY regulation to ensure that people are not able to legally foul the water, air, and soil shared with others is a means of recognizing and protecting unalienable rights. It is not an infringement on capitalism.
But when the regulations start infringing on what perfectly acceptable products a manufacturer is allowed to manufacture or what retailers are allowed to sell, that is going beyond a protection of rights and is an infringement on capitalsm. Also when the federal government presumes to dictate how much an employer must pay his employees, what benefits he must provide, how much time off he must allow him to have, how much the executive should be allowed to earn, etc. etc. etc., we are getting very close to government control of the means of production which cannot happen and still have a free society.