Josh's blog
Posts tagged regulation
“ Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and our duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions. ”
“ Mr. Romney… has made it clear that he would do everything in his power to set us up for another financial crisis. ”
— Paul Krugman
(Source: The New York Times)
“ I used to tell my kids, “why do you think a car has brakes”? And they all would say, “to stop”. And I’d say no, a car has brakes so you can drive fast. If you got into a car that had no brakes, and you knew it, how fast do you think you would drive? You wouldn’t drive very fast at all. And that’s the same reason we have rules. You want the private sector to be free, to be creative, and exuberant, whatever, within a framework. ”
— John Reed
(Source: billmoyers.com)
“ We need smart regulations to prevent irresponsible behavior. Rules to prevent financial fraud or toxic dumping or faulty medical devices — these don’t destroy the free market. They make the free market work better. ”
— President Obama
(Source: whitehouse.gov)
“ We want government that is smart and efficient and lean. And by the way, we’ve issued fewer regulations than the Bush administration. They’ve been better regulations. ”
— President Obama
(Source: whitehouse.gov)
“ Does anybody think that the reason we got in such a financial mess… because of too much oversight of the financial industry? Of course not. We shouldn’t be weakening oversight, we shouldn’t be weaking accountability, we should be strengthening it. ”
— President Obama
“ There’s no question that government plays a role. You can’t have a free economy without rules and regulations… Of course you need to have regulation in a free society, but you need it modernized, updated, not burdensome, and its objective is not only to protect us from the bad guys and the bad actors — important as that is — it’s also to encourage the success of the good guys. You want them to be productive, you want our industries to lead the world. ”
— Mitt Romney
(Source: charlierose.com)
Bloomberg: Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales
“For six decades around the world, Koch Industries has blazed a path to riches — in part, by making illicit payments to win contracts, trading with a terrorist state, fixing prices, neglecting safety and ignoring environmental regulations. At the same time, Charles and David Koch have promoted a form of government that interferes less with company actions.”
(Source: youtube.com)
“ My bill is very simple, I just null and void any regulations passed in the last 20 years. ”
