Since the majority of regulations on business relate to worker safety, and studies have shown conclusively and?

[gervaso81]

repeatedly that safety regulations in the workplace actually save companies money by reducing costs related to worker injuries and disabilities, why should we believe Republican claims that deregulation will save businesses money, unless their long term goals also include eliminating employer liability so that more American workers end up disabled because of workplace injuries, and homeless because they are legally barred from seeking compensation or aid for their injuries and living expenses?

Put more simply: do you agree with the Republican intent to repeal safety regulations - thereby increasing the number of injured workers in America, then repealing legal protections for workers - thereby increasing the number of injured workers in America who end up homeless?

[hanan]

Actually, much of the regulation deals with taxation, not worker safety. The latest burden on small business is the requirement to file a 1099 with the IRS on all expenditures over $500. What a pain in the rear, and all so the government can can catch so called tax cheats. Which is more important, efficient small business or efficient taxation? The answer is, of course, efficient taxation, and to hell with small business. I don't like it. Somebody needs to teach Washington DC what is more important for getting our economy moving.

[arne33]

Government (not industry) Safety Regulations, do little to promote actual safety. They do provide for powerful bureaucracies that generate fees.

I am involved in worker Safety at a large multinational company, and the majority of the regs I deal with do nothing for the average worker. I take great personal care on my own initiative. They are crafted and enforced by government functionaries who have never turned a wrench, or held a live electrical line, etc.

There are far more DEC, EPA, NEMA, EEOC, I&D, FMCSR, DOT, IFTA regs. hiring quotas, and other sundry regs. that add NO value to the bottom line or worker secuirty, safety.

[nissim42]

Tell me how the government regulation saying that I have to use a curly lightbulb relates to worker safety?
Tell me how banning the use of plastic bags at the grocery store is safety related?
Tell me how regulating how much salt I can put in food is protecting my worker's safety?

Too many regulations that are not needed drive business and jobs overseas.

[parnell]

I worked for almost 10 years in the safety/safety consulting business. I have seen many companies that were doing their best to make a safe work place put out of business by OSHA due to ridiculous regulations. I used to describe it this way:

OSHA /real world - never the two shall meet

[yago]

I guess they want us like China, where people are forced to work 15+ hours a day slaving away in excruciating environments with terrible paying jobs.

Yeah it's no wonder why the Chinese economy is so great, considering it operates off of slave labor.

[wendlesora]

When the EPA issues shallow well drilling permits an than changes the rules a week later stopping drilling this is what is killing jobs an raising prices in the energy sector.

[urian27]

No one said anything about safety regulations. It's all this EPA and DEQ crap along with several other dumb *** regulations that are killing private enterprise.

[aescby]

I agree. Regulations are good not bad. Most cons have no clue what they are. They are just against them because their leaders say so. On that note we can call them SHEEP.

[lorimar]

I suggest that unless you have been in the position of trying to comply with these government regulations you don't have a clue what you are talking about.

Ask any construction worker if these regulations actually make their workplace safer....or if it does nothing more then make their job more difficult and cut their production.

I worked for AT&T doing outside plant construction. AT&T was so afraid of OSHA we were required to take time off work to attend silly safety meetings to tell us stuff we already knew....stuff that was plain, basic common sense.

Even when I was a clerk they did this! I spent 1 hour while a supervisor went through a book of safety reminders.....how to pick up objects while bending the knees....how to walk up and down stairs.....how to safely remove staples from a bunch of papers. Yes, you read that correctly. If you don't remove it correctly the staple could easily go sailing and hit you in the eye, causing blindness and costing them workmens comp payments. Not kidding here folks....15 people in a one hour meeting covering this crap. Shut the office down the whole time.....

This is why businesses hate these stupid regulations!