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Cheerios: The Latest Victim of Deregulation
A consistent talking point we’ve heard for decades from the right is about the alleged “evil of regulations”.
“Regulations kill jobs,” republicans and libertarians claim.
“Regulations stifle innovation,” they argue.
When they say these things, their audience isn’t an average working person like you. Anti-regulation rhetoric is employed the same way the phrases “cutting taxes” and “tough on crime” are: as a shout-out to the morbidly rich relying on republican policies to eliminate anything constraining corporate greed.
Environmental regulations hold accountable corporate polluters seeking to dump their waste in the cheapest ways possible, public health and safety be damned.
Medical regulations hold accountable insurance companies and providers from taking more advantage of patients than they already do.
Educational regulations ensure students aren’t being discriminated against and are provided the most safe, equitable environments in which to learn.
Legal regulations constrain abuses in the criminal justice field to hold accountable law enforcement officials and legal professionals who abuse their power.
Of course, nothing is air-tight. There will always be those out to exploit loopholes…
