Remember that river in Ohio that caught fire, twice?
These guys remember that time as a golden age for American industry, back when you could dispose of waste however you pleased without all that pesky “EPA” being all up in your face, telling you how to run your business.
Remember those regulations that stopped workers from getting their limbs eaten by machines? Remember those regulations that said workers need safety precautions?
Remember those regulations that say you can’t sell medicine that isn’t FDA approved? Remember those regulations saying it’s not cool to have salmonella and e coli in meat?
Remember those regulations that say you can’t physically lock workers inside your factory because maybe they’ll all be burnt to a crisp in towering inferno?
Remember all those regulations saying you have to wire a house properly and that public buildings must have fire escape routes?
Yeah. All those nasty regulations. Every one written in blood. All cost businesses profits.