Was the deadly explosion that killed 29 coal miners at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine one of those “accidents and unfortunate things that do happen no matter what the regulations are?” Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican U.S. Senate candidate, seemed to think so when asked this week about federal mine safety laws.
Wrong, Paul. With more than 800 mine safety violations and an atmosphere of intimidation and fear that kept miners from speaking out, the blast was no “accident” or “unfortunate thing.”
Paul is the same far-right extremist who touts “tough love” for the jobless, questions the federal government’s right to enforce the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and wants to abolish most of the federal government. He made those comments toDetails.com. He said that Washington shouldn’t have the power “to be making rules” about mine safety. It should be left to the local folks because, well just because.
http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/08/04/kentucky’s-rand-paul-coal-mine-disasters-unfortunate-regs-don’t-matter/
Oh yeah, I forgot, Rand Paul and Ron Paul are all about social democracy! LOL, what a heap of dung.
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If there was 800 safety violations, that means there was regulations which could be violated...so regulations were in place the incident still occurred...and you do not see this as evidence that regulations are useless?
Not at all. I see this as evidence that we need a social democrat in office that will actually enforce the rules. But you know, Josh, you can make the same point over and over again if you want.. My response will be the same every time.
Not only can I make the same point over and over again, you will find this point will be made from me to you until one of us crokes because during our life time there will be several more incidents in which regulations will fail. Indeed.
Some regulation might fail, but a whole lot less would fail if a leader that believes in regulation were at the helm. If companies continue to break the rules, then maybe fines should be much higher. This is not in the political discourse, because business controls the government. Business is "The Government".
Indeed, and that is the natural outcome of any social democracy.
Only as long as higher wages are paid. Otherwise, we are moving toward revolution.
I think most see this is inevitable.
It won't be a right-wing revolution.
You think it will be a straight up revolution? It will be appear more as a civil war than a revolution, with many competing factions.
Hmmmm, are you forgetting that the capitalist and proper middle class are much, much smaller?
This "anchor baby" crap is a thinly-veiled attack on the capitalists by the unemployed. A retarded attack, but a class struggle all the same.
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