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Originally Posted by Pico and ME
Much of liberal policy has helped to improve the lives of the everyday working person and to also protect them from the abuses that would be caused by unregulated businesses. Its that same liberal ideology that led us out of the world of Sinclair's The Jungle.
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I do believe sensible regulation is needed, especially in banking, but remember that
The Jungle was essentially a work of fiction used to drive earlier regulation. Left to its own ends, the left would clog all economic activity with unrelenting regulation destroying mostly small businesses, which don't have the where-with-all to negotiate the red tape. The right, left to its own ends, would work to enslave and poison us all by protecting monopoly and subverting environmental regulations. Both parties seem to be working to shield big business from a competitive marketplace, which makes sense when you look at their donors.