OUR federal public lands are on the trump-project 2025 menu … The GOP & the bundys & the koch bros, et al … have wanted to “dispose” of OUR federal public lands for decades. They’ve got the bits in their mouths now so be aware. Spread the word …
"Regulations are written in blood". We do not create regulations for no reason. They are created out of tragedy so we can apply the lessons and prevent that tragic event from becoming a trend or a way of life.
The constitution exists to protect the people of this nation. There is only one form of law, and it is that constitution. All other “regulations” are null and void before it.
Didn’t Teddy Roosevelt codify that? I’m horrible with historical timelines. I feel like more than one president has foot stomped the National Parks are a right of the people.
Woodrow Wilson created the National Park Service. Teddy Roosevelt created the National Forest Service and created a lot of national forests and wildlife preservations.
Workplace safety gets in the way of getting work done faster. Minimum wage laws and actually having to pay makes business less profitable. Regulating what can go into some products makes them more expensive to make. Y’know, little things that don’t help anybody. /s
Are you suggesting businesses not pay workers?
Regulating what can be put
Into products and the labeling of what is in products begins with basic consumer safety and
in reality protects the businesses against product liability lawsuits.
Workplace safety and minimum wage laws also create an equal playing field between businesses, otherwise there is a race to the bottom, the cheapest will always prevail.
In Trump's 1st term there were so many jobs available (due to tax cuts & deregulation) many places couldn't find enough workers and dramatically raised their wages in order to attract employees. Competition creates healthy economies not equal playing fields.
Employment and wages pre-covid in first term were good, not spectacular. Following the recovery from the 2008 crash.
Wages grew steadily no spike.
Some industries faired better than others.
Workplace safety may (although not usually) slow
Things down, accident always stop things. The regulations are not arbitrary and when followed allow companies to carry insurance against injury losses that could otherwise bankrupt them. Not to mention the injuries to the workers.
I'm not talking about safety regulations. Those are well established and have been in place for decades. There's way more regulation than that. Mostly paperwork requirements so they can know every minute aspect of your business. It becomes time consuming and costly, raising prices & lowering quality
They make you document it so that you actually do it. If there's no oversight, some people will skip the step that saves their employees or customers from harm.
I'm not talking about safety regulations. Those are well established and have been in place for decades. There's way more regulation than that. Mostly paperwork requirements so they can know every minute aspect of your business. It becomes time consuming and costly, raising prices & lowering quality
My experience has been that the paperwork is driven by the insurers, financiers etc. with minimal needed for compliance to the regs. Usually limited to an audit after a reportable accident or injury.
There was a time where you could walk into a place, fill out an application and be hired shortly after. It doesn't work out, you move on. Now there's so much red tape, companies have to hire other companies to manage hiring. That cost is one of many detriments to you getting a better wage.
If I read a sign that says to do/ not do something in a national park (or ANY natural/ historically preserved place) I damn well heed it. One touch, one misstep, one error and an ecosystem can be sent into a shockwave with “seemingly invisible/ inconsequential impacts”.
I think often of John Muir’s quote about interpreting the rocks and learning the language of an avalanche. How sad the world we live in where those creatures and things that can’t share their own stories are discarded or seen only as a commodity to profit from.
Most US history books begin with the Magna Carta.
Little to people know theres treaty before that.
The Treaty of the Forest.
A covenant between man and nature.
We have no right to destroy the very thing that sustains us.
As a former college prof of mine once said, all regulations are inked in someone's blood. They are there because at some point a person or corporation placed their profit over the life, health or safety of others.
Regs take time to change — fortunately. Might buy 12-18 months, which helps… but not enough. I worked 11 yrs on federal flood standard — EO signed in ‘15, rescinded ‘17, back ‘21, adopted in regs by 2 key agencies this yr. Will take time to kill those regs. Gotta keep the files for the future.
I think at heart libertarianism is built on the naive premise that all people are inherently good and will make the best decisions possible for the whole. Regulations exist because neither of these is true.
Well, your regulations are in the way of a gold mine or four, some oil drilling, a lead mine and tourist helicopter flights. Oh, and I forgot, my cattle.
Yes! Environment, people (in the face of limited regulation corporations), minorities. There are many ways that "cannot protect itself/themselves presents.
Hey Alt Park Service, do you have a list of other organizations on BSKY doing what you guys are doing so I can follow them? I’ve been making a list myself with those”The protectors of nature, wildlife and heritage” but not sure if I’m missing anyone.
Too often people will look at the thing those laws are trying to protect and not see any reason to keep the law there. Wolves (and their ecosystem) are now thriving. Air quality is passable.
London fog used to be out-classed by its smog, and while u.s. cities weren't terrible they were still bad.
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-Our Water
-Our Air
-Our Food
Regulating what can be put
Into products and the labeling of what is in products begins with basic consumer safety and
in reality protects the businesses against product liability lawsuits.
Wages grew steadily no spike.
Some industries faired better than others.
Things down, accident always stop things. The regulations are not arbitrary and when followed allow companies to carry insurance against injury losses that could otherwise bankrupt them. Not to mention the injuries to the workers.
Example - quote the regulation.
Explain how it supports your claim.
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Human entity
Ecosystem
Our marginalized minorities that don't have the numbers
Little to people know theres treaty before that.
The Treaty of the Forest.
A covenant between man and nature.
We have no right to destroy the very thing that sustains us.
WE CAN SAVE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
But we must act now.
http://www.patomalley-consulting.com/we-can-save-american-democracy.html
These next few years are going to be tough.
Whenever you hear the words “cut regulations”…
…replace it with “remove consumer protections” and see if it still sounds like a good idea.
What’s a pond? What’s a headwater?
What’s pollution in public waterways?
A profit center.
Regulations shouldn't run amok, but they are usually there because they're needed!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Zaaz56ry7TKp3JgMK2QcQ?si=mS-TqS8MQMiqeqxhtrKnVw
London fog used to be out-classed by its smog, and while u.s. cities weren't terrible they were still bad.