Regulations = anti-job? Can we get a fact-check here?
I wish it were possible to see a direct comparison of U.S. GDP and safety/environmental regulations. Every time someone on the news rails about how regulations are hurting jobs, I wonder when someone, ANYONE (biased or not) is going to say that maybe destroying the ecosystem we rely on for our GDP is not worth the extra workers.
We are in an environment right now where saying such a thing would be toxic to one’s career as a politician or, in many circles, a reporter. Job-killer! I think that Clean Air Act style regulations do more to keep our economy sustainable than a few extra “dirty jobs” that take away the next generation’s ability to work.
When I hear about corporations complaining to the government that putting regulations on “frakking” for natural gas because local communities complain it pollutes their water, I wonder what the cost is to the local town and possible future businesses by that pollution.