Despite the Tea Party’s crusade for less government there is ample evidence that what is needed is improved government effectiveness. The lax enforcement of government regulation is the real issue. A very good example is our neighbor to the north. Canada does have more government enforcement than the United States. They do have a one payer health care system that does provide longer life than the United States. Canada’s Gross domestic product rose an annualized 6.1% during the three months ended March 31, 2010. The United States domestic product rose at a revised 2.7%. Canada is the country that has been derided by many people as having too much government control. Precisely the opposite of the Tea Party groups that think America needs less government.
The new financial overhaul legislation is reported to be 2,000 pages long. Who, other than lawyers and geeks, will be able to understand the new law let alone implement any worthwhile or significant changes? The SEC and the MMA have reportedly been using government computers to search for porn sites. Those two departments alone have had too cozy relations with the businesses they are supposed to be regulating.
There were federal regulators that cited the Massey Mine in West Virginia eight times for “substantial” violations relating to the mine’s methane control plans, according to the records. No action was actually taken to stop operations. That cost 25 lives.
Remember the contamination of dry-roasted and oil-roasted peanuts, granulated peanuts, peanut meal, peanut butter and peanut paste. The Peanut Corp. of America was driven into bankruptcy as a result of that situation but it was an exposé on “60 Minutes” that brought this issue to the American public. The FDA was late to the problem.
We don’t lack laws to protect society from bad guys. We do lack the laser beam focus to get the jobs done.
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