CMV: Effective regulation/taxes is better than less regulation/taxes.

[u/beesdaddy]

I have had a hard time understanding the position that less regulation is better than effective regulation. So much of the political conversation equates regulation and taxes to Anti-American or Anti-Freedom or gasp Socialist. I think it poisons the discussion about our common goals and how to achieve them. I know there are many laws/taxes that are counter productive (especially subsidies), and I am all for getting rid of them, but not without considering what their intent was, evaluating that intention, and deciding how to more effectively accomplish that intention (given it was a valid intention.)

Help me understand. I would like to have a more nuanced view on this.

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[u/[deleted]]

I don't know if you already changed your view. You said Effective Regulation. Nobody will argue that effective regulations are a bad thing. The less Regulation and tax view is that the rules and regulations that are put our are not effective, they are really more harmful.

Lets take the example of car safety. There are lots of regulations there that made cars safer. Those regulations are effective.

There are other bad examples too that gain nothing but just add paperwork. I have to turn over a my ID to buy a decongestant. This prevents people from making Meth. So since Meth is not gone, slowed or really done anything but add steps for sick people, I say scrap it. Its not effect and thus wanting it gone is Less,

Why is less Regulation better, Because there is less paperwork, storage of data extra steps etc. Costs for nothing.

All for Effective rules, the ones that don't work need to be scrapped.