Contrary to corporate spin, regulations do not arise out of nowhere, they do not emanate from political whole cloth, regulations in just about every example were written to address issues industry caused themselves.

Nor do regulations cost consumers money, most of the time regulations are cost saving.

Nor do regulations usually raise the price of goods, the price of goods are usually based on what consumers are willing to pay, not the cost to produce that product, for instance, football tickets are much higher then baseball tickets even though a baseball team costs exponentially much more to operate.

In fact regulations lower the overall cost of consumer goods since those regulations prevent injury to ourselves and our family.

When I say "regulations are usually written because an industry created issues they refuse to address", here’s what I mean;

Corporations do their best to defer their costs, or in other words, if they can they will have the rest of us to pay their bill.

That obviously increases their profit margin and there is nothing wrong with an industry that tries to increase their profit margin, in fact that’s what they should be doing, however we need to make certain they don’t accomplish that goal at our expense.

Here’s an example;

I remember back in the 70′s, flying over New York or L.A, you would look out of your airplane window and see a literal bubble of "yellow" encasing the city.

They called it "smog" and it came from industry, you could also see where some of it came from, you saw it billowing from smokestacks and belching from automobiles

Obviously this smog caused bronchitis and other health issues real time, however the future health toll was not even known at the time and we can assume those chemicals have been the cause of cancer and other problems later on down the road.

The industries that caused this smog refused to clean up the mess they themselves produced, they refused to pay the health care for those individuals they affected, they wanted you, me, and our kids to pay for their mess

We would pay with our health and the health of those we love.

Thank goodness we realized the issues being created by industry and we realized a set of regulations had to be created

We needed to force industry to clean up their own crap

Low and behold, the EPA was created. (under that ultra-liberal president named Richard M Nixon)

Here’s another example;

the automobile industry could at one time produce autos that were marketed of certain quality.

This marketing is indeed a verbal and binding contract, however the industry could easily renege on these contracts with little repercussion.

Consumers could have issues with these vehicles and the auto industry would not address those issues.

The consumer was left with a faulty product as soon as the warranty expired, sometimes the manufacturer didn’t even wait for the warranter to expire before they reneged.

The manufacturers could refuse to repair the parts or problems and they would continue creating issues, leaving the consumer with goods that did not meet contractual obligations.

Rather then having consumers take industry to court for redress a set of regulations was created, these are known as "the lemon law".

All the lemon law does is force industry into honoring their contractual agreements without insisting consumers take them the manufacturer to court

Because of the lemon law, consumers do not have to document or prove these contractual agreements, they are pre-documented and Pre-approved.

Each and every on sumer doesn’t have the burden of proving damage each and every case.

More examples;

When cranes would collapse killing people regulations are written to force these manufactures into producing products that do not kill.

When coal mines are built too shabbily and coal minors die because of that irresponsibility, regulations were written to insure these coal mine operators payed the necessary bills that did it’s best to protect Americans from dying on the job.

So there you have it, regulations force industry into paying bills they would otherwise avoid.

If an industry cannot turn a profit while paying those bills we call "regulations", then that industry simply should not exist since they are obviously not profitable unless others pay their bills.

This is a government "for the people", it’s a government "by the people", (a novel concept but valid never the less).

Our government’s purpose is NOT to insure profit, it is "to provide for the general welfare of the people".

Does this mean ALL regulation is good?

Of course not, there are regulations that do indeed prove counter productive. But "counter productive" is a derivative of "the people’s general welfare", it is not a derivative of "profit"

Here’s and example of a counter productive regulation;

I seem to remember there was a regulation remaining on the books that made it illegal for a vehicle to travel later then dawn unless there was a man walking with a lantern ahead of him

This law obviously became obsolete when headlights became mandatory and functional on vehicles and that regulation have been rescinded.

How to address regulations that are "counter productive to the general welfare of the people"?

When a regulation proves obsolete or counter productive to " the general welfare of the people" that law needs to be revisited, it is NEVER simply rescinded without examination and regulations are NEVER eliminated en mass.

WE, "the people" determine if particular regulations should simply be removed or a new regulation written in their place.

There are exceptions and some valid regulations do at times need to be revisited even though they are valid;

There are times an industries’ health is important to society as a whole and it is important the industry survives and remains healthy.

In those cases society has an obligation to keep that industry productive and when those examples exist it is in the best interest of "the people" to "pay some of the bills" for that industry.

In these cases productive regulations can be rescinded, HOWEVER it is important for that industry to realize and DOCUMENT that it is indeed being subsidized when we relax regulations that would have otherwise been in place.

Contrary to corporate spin, regulations do not arise out of nowhere, they do not emanate from political whole cloth, regulations in just about every example were written to address