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WRONG....On the other hand, what has existing regulation accomplished in this specific case...absolutely nothing...with waivers granted by the very administration that is so quick to demonize the involved companies...if anyone has ideas about how government can prevent its own bureaucratic quagmire, to positive effect, please feel free to share.
Thanks for the PM.Robert, Tighter regulations, government ownership and such things which would not resonate well in the US.
SO TRUE...
See this (among many other analyses available online now):
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/joe_conason/2010/05/03/norway
BTW, you were quoting postal service and other govt jobs offering lots of wages, have you looked into what the banks pay their employees? They mismanage everyone else' money and pay themselves very well.
I thought you were referring to the way both Norway and the UK (and almost every other oil producing country besides the US, from what I've read) separates the agencies responsible for oil leasing/development and the oil safety/environmental compliance.....as Obama is proposing to do now.When it comes to offshore drilling, the US would be better off from learning from Norway and implementing what they do to the letter. There is little need to reinvent the wheel.
Let's start with actually enforcing current regulations, reducing the influence of lobbyists and staffing the agencies with people who are truly there to promote and protect the public interest, not the interests of the oil companies (or Wall Street banks, health insurance companies etc).On the other hand, what has existing regulation accomplished in this specific case...absolutely nothing...with waivers granted by the very administration that is so quick to demonize the involved companies...if anyone has ideas about how government can prevent its own bureaucratic quagmire, to positive effect, please feel free to share.
Thanks for the link. Mr.Chu is one of the top brains in the world. A very modest person.Interesting interview with Energy Secretary Steve Chu: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/...chu-used-gamma-rays-to-save-the-planet/56685/
Robert, I couldn't help wonder at those (politicians) who always came up with "smaller government", what they actually meant by that.it would be nice to be presented with evidence that additional government would help prevent these sorts of things. I haven't seen anything along those lines to sway my position but I'd evaluate and consider if it were posted.
Best to all.