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Originally Posted by aceventura3
I do not advocate for no regulation. I advocate for fair or neutral rules and regulation. Government should not play favorites in the market.
That is the key point, if you want to respond to it.
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I agree with you. However, your words don't convey the nature of your advocacy very well. When you make ridiculous claims about how regulation could not have prevented the BP oil spill it makes it seem like you're a little overeager to discredit the very notion that regulation can be useful.
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This is what I mean by responding to trivial matters relative to an example. Perhaps, it is not about all auto workers learning to be be computer programmers, but auto workers not sitting around collecting unemployment, going to rallies and fighting for bailouts but adapting to changing market conditions.
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Perhaps if you didn't litter your examples with inexcusable jumps in logic we wouldn't be so easily distracted by the inexcusable jumps in the logic of your examples. What do you expect? You should spend more time explaining your position and less time clouding the waters with haphazardly constructed anecdotes, especially when they rarely support your position convincingly.
How many auto workers were sitting around collecting unemployment? If you don't know the answer to this question then you're assumption that it was problematic is nothing but hot air.
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A short-term issue. And it works both ways, potentially in favor of labor and potentially against labor. For example, as a business owner, if there are short-terms swings in business activity, the last thing I want to do is let go a fully trained employee. So if business slows and demand for labor declines, my response is not to immediately cut labor cost.
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Yes? And? My point was that you should be overly simplistic with your casual predictions about the all-powerful corrective powers of supply and demand.
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Look at both sides of issues. Labor has power in free markets. I don't understand why you folks assume labor will always be a victim. Honestly, can you share some insight on this?
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I don't assume that labor will always be a victim. I do know that without unions, laborers typically have significantly less power than employers do, which frequently leads directly to the victimization of laborers.