Businesses are not over-regulated

By Robert C. Mannheim

Businesses are not over-regulated. This is also known as the COMPETITION IS "GOOD" and GOVERNMENT REGULATION IS "BAD" argument proffered by the elitists.

¨ When the airline industry was deregulated, compe­tition drove prices down so far that some `avoidable costs' -- PASSEN­GER SAFETY AND SECURITY -- were ignored in the name of profit.

¨ Regulation of business protects YOU.

¨ Why do fictional citizens -- corporate big busi­ness --have more favorable rights and a greater voice in government than YOU, the real person?

BUSINESS AVOIDS COSTS BY UNDER-PRICING GOODS & SERVICES; THEN, LEAVES YOU TO PAY FOR ITS FAILURES

¨ When our banking system was deregulated a while back in the name of competition, it took only a short time for YOU the taxpayer to foot the bill for a catastrophic failure.

¨ When our energy system was deregulated a while back in the name of competition, it took only a short time for YOU the taxpayer to foot the bill for a catastrophic failure.

¨ Businesses are legal fictions, they are not real people. YOU work harder; YOU are more produc­tive; YOU get fewer job bene­fits; and, YOU pay more taxes. YOU go to jail if you break the law.

UNREGULATED COMPETITION WILL BANKRUPT OUR COUNTRY, STEAL YOUR JOB AND ULTIMATELY OUR AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE

¨ `Cheap goods/prices' really means our local labor is under-paid (at best) and YOUR lost job (at worst).

¨ When business refuses to pay employee benefits, such as insurance, sick employees go to taxpayer funded hospitals. YOU, the taxpayer pays the cost.

¨ When government spending is cut in critical areas of health and law enforcement, YOUR health and YOUR safety is at risk -- not fictional corporations!

¨ Would you pay 15-cents more for a hamburger or $1 more for a shirt if all employees were covered by a health-care plan?