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worse, create even more problems, more govt involvement in business,
more rules, more govt BS.

Yep. I'll bet the people killed in the West, Texas fertilizer explosion are
really glad Texas was so "hands off" with business and lax with regulations
and inspections. How did your oft-touted free market protect those
firefighters and workers from ending up dead? It didn't, nor can it.

Government always needs to be around as an honest broker between
corporations and people to insure that both sides (but mostly businesses) do
the right thing. The BP spill, the Exxon Valdez, TEPCO, Bhopal and so many
other disasters tell us that we can't rely on the free market when it comes
to potential damage to common resources.

If Bangladesh can arrest the factory owner who ignored safety warnings and
killed for profit then why can't Texas arrest the greedy industrialist who
leveled an entire town? Is Texas a lower rung on the ladder of civilization
than Bangladesh?

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Bobby G.