Was there anyone around during the 1990s in businesses besides me? Or is it we refuse to learn anything from experience? It can't be that we enjoy inflicting government on ourselves. That defies logic! What kind of imbicile would want something like that?
In the 1990s the last Democrat to hold the presidency decided he was going to attack businesses through OSHA regulations. We were several years away from their total demonization of management, so they had to do go after businesses with the tools they had at their disposal. OSHA was one of those tools.
Layer after layer after layer of regulations came out of Washington under the guise of 'protecting the workers' that in reality knit-picked businesses to death. Millions of dollars had to be poured into making structural changes and adding equipment that no ordinances or safety regulations had decreed before OSHA came along and decided it was a good idea. Many of the ideas were counter-productive - and in hindsight I wonder if that was not the intent - and some were actually more dangerous than the condition before it was 'improved.'
Who was there helping though all this? The unions were in total lock-step with the OSHA inspectors. The unions kept track of conditions they thought were unsafe, reported on how meetings were conducted and if they were given serious consideration, insisted on having a voice in solving conditions and always recommended much more costly 'fixes' than necessary – usually resulting in the need to add more union jobs.
We are seeing the rise of the same situation again with the arrival of the new Democrat administration. The regulations to protect our financial system are going to be regulations to make doing business costlier. Count on it. This time they are coming after salaries, how busiensses are run, what they can produce, when and where – if at all. All of it will be controlled through Washington with companies reporting to some Central Bureau that will decide if we are doing enough to please them to allow them to keep our businesses running and minimize 'fines' - read 'another tax.' In turn, those costs will be passed on to us consumers. None of this is a mystery.
What is scary is the power these governmental agencies attain and the way they wield it. In the 90s they locked out companies that failed to comply 100% with their edicts. There was no trial, no hearing, no arbitration, no discussion - it was the way the OSHA representative said or the gate was locked. They get drunk on their power and they use it like a sledgehammer shutting down companies and levying fines with dictatorial glee. Based on the mob stir created by Congressional leaders and fueled by the White House over the AIG bonuses and the outcry for more regulations you can rest assured there were be more regulations that will be applied with an iron fist. This is a 'change' all right - back to Gestapo tactics of old. You can see the same kind of arrogance in these people as any authoritarian governmment lacky gets when they get a little power. Be prepared - it gets worse from here. We've seen it before - we're seeing it again.
In the 1990s the last Democrat to hold the presidency decided he was going to attack businesses through OSHA regulations. We were several years away from their total demonization of management, so they had to do go after businesses with the tools they had at their disposal. OSHA was one of those tools.
Layer after layer after layer of regulations came out of Washington under the guise of 'protecting the workers' that in reality knit-picked businesses to death. Millions of dollars had to be poured into making structural changes and adding equipment that no ordinances or safety regulations had decreed before OSHA came along and decided it was a good idea. Many of the ideas were counter-productive - and in hindsight I wonder if that was not the intent - and some were actually more dangerous than the condition before it was 'improved.'
Who was there helping though all this? The unions were in total lock-step with the OSHA inspectors. The unions kept track of conditions they thought were unsafe, reported on how meetings were conducted and if they were given serious consideration, insisted on having a voice in solving conditions and always recommended much more costly 'fixes' than necessary – usually resulting in the need to add more union jobs.
We are seeing the rise of the same situation again with the arrival of the new Democrat administration. The regulations to protect our financial system are going to be regulations to make doing business costlier. Count on it. This time they are coming after salaries, how busiensses are run, what they can produce, when and where – if at all. All of it will be controlled through Washington with companies reporting to some Central Bureau that will decide if we are doing enough to please them to allow them to keep our businesses running and minimize 'fines' - read 'another tax.' In turn, those costs will be passed on to us consumers. None of this is a mystery.
What is scary is the power these governmental agencies attain and the way they wield it. In the 90s they locked out companies that failed to comply 100% with their edicts. There was no trial, no hearing, no arbitration, no discussion - it was the way the OSHA representative said or the gate was locked. They get drunk on their power and they use it like a sledgehammer shutting down companies and levying fines with dictatorial glee. Based on the mob stir created by Congressional leaders and fueled by the White House over the AIG bonuses and the outcry for more regulations you can rest assured there were be more regulations that will be applied with an iron fist. This is a 'change' all right - back to Gestapo tactics of old. You can see the same kind of arrogance in these people as any authoritarian governmment lacky gets when they get a little power. Be prepared - it gets worse from here. We've seen it before - we're seeing it again.
The truth hurts. But at least when the next generation comes out of college there is hope that they will be able to keep thier money, since it will be after 1-20-2013. Perhaps I hope too much, but my money is my money!and I know that most of the country thinks like that, even those who are on welfare and so ardently claim everyone elses money. Time will tell if there really is a new Gestapo.
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