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No wealth is created except by labor
On 4/14/11 19:21 , Joe from Kokomo wrote: On 4/14/2011 8:49 AM, Joe from Kokomo wrote: On 4/14/2011 12:49 AM, wrote: When I worked at Delta Cotton Oil, some of those shafts were powered by big flat belts.One time one of those guys somehow got part of his pants caught between the belt on one of those shafts.It snatched his pants right OFF of him. Or, as the Republicans would say, "WE don't need no big government, we don't need no stinkin' OSHA". On 4/14/2011 10:06 AM, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote: As I hope you've divined by now, I have no attachment whatever to the increasingly despicable Republicans. But it does seem odd, even perverse, to me that anyone harmed by the actions of another would immediately run to the biggest band of criminals in North America -- the "legislators" and "regulators" in Washington -- as a solution. First of all, you seem to be putting the cart before the horse when you say "anyone harmed by the actions of another". The *whole point* of agencies like OSHA is to keep people from being harmed in the first place. If the OSHA mandated belt guards were installed, Coohoo's buddy would not have been sucked in in the first place. Finally, "odd, even perverse" is your opinion of regulators. Personally, I'm sort of glad that we have agencies like the FDA and the FAA, to name just two. Are they perfect? Heck, no. Are they better than taking your chances with private businesses driven by greed? In my opinion...yes, waaay better. Please remember that these regulatory agencies came into being solely because of scandals and disasters usually caused by the carelessness and/or greed of private businesses wanting to save a buck (like not installing the belt guards). On 4/14/2011 11:42 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote: No, these agencies came into being as a political response to headlines borne of scandals and disasters. That is a significant distinction. As such, there is a political element to their operation... Well, as one of my old calculus professors was fond of saying, "You have an intuitive grasp of the obvious". A government agency is political? Gee, whatta surprise! Even in the private sector, I will presume you have heard of office "politics". It's human nature to be "political". I remember being on site during an OSHA inspection of a drafting firm I worked at in the late mid 70's. The OSHA representative threatened to write us up over several electrical violations...[rest of anecdotal story of an incompetent OSHA inspector snipped] News flash!!! ANY, repeat ANY, organization, government OR private, has its share of incompetents. But don't let this cause you to throw out the baby with the bath water. Perhaps you overlooked what I said above, so here it is again: Are they [regulatory agencies] perfect? Heck, no. In addition to politics, greed seems to be an even bigger part of the human condition. Given a choice between NO regulation to counter-balance the greed versus a regulatory body, however imperfect, I will go with regulation every time. |
No wealth is created except by labor
On Apr 15, 8:44*am, m II wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11-04-14 10:15 PM, wrote: Many years ago, almost all factories in America had a Lot of machines/machinery which was driven by big flat belts, usually Leather belts, I think.In a Lot of situations it was impractible to rig up belt guards.It was like/similar to that when I worked at Delta Cotton Oil.Delta Cotton Oil was closed down and torn down a bunch of years ago.An apartment building complex sits in that area now. cuhulin A lot of factories had one big motor at the end of the building. And before they had that One Big Electric Motor They had One Big Water Wheel : The reason why many old-time Factories were built on Rivers and Streams and for the 1000s of small dams in the Eastern USA. |
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