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<blockquote data-quote="The New Holliday" data-source="post: 947973" data-attributes="member: 3122">..&nbsp; I worked in manufacturing for 40 years. That included as environmental regulation officer. Large international companies and smaller local ones. When it comes to regulations/laws governing respect for workers and environment/outside community, manufacturers do what they are required by law and no more...often less if they can get away with it. They do what is expedient and makes them more profitable. Nothing makes me more incredulous than the Libertardian notion (of course they actually know better) that companies will do what is right and what puts them in a favorable light with the consumer. You know why these laws and practices were&nbsp; mandated(?) Because no one did what was right, and only cared about stuffing money in their pockets. Environmental compliance and worker safety cost money. I doubt that tomorrow we will begin to see waste drums along the road side, but there will be drift in the direction of what was, and a lack of progress in a better direction....and the kaaahRazy idea that private individuals will have recourse in the courts when companies do them damage is a silly as things get. You know, yes, Mary Jones is going to outlast a mega corporation, their capital, and their lawyers and win the day. Yuk yuk, pal. &nbsp;Some may like anarchy...I'm not a fan. I favor a short legal leash on any activity and entity driven solely by greed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The New Holliday, post: 947973, member: 3122"] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]..[/COLOR] I worked in manufacturing for 40 years. That included as environmental regulation officer. Large international companies and smaller local ones. When it comes to regulations/laws governing respect for workers and environment/outside community, manufacturers do what they are required by law and no more...often less if they can get away with it. They do what is expedient and makes them more profitable. Nothing makes me more incredulous than the Libertardian notion (of course they actually know better) that companies will do what is right and what puts them in a favorable light with the consumer. You know why these laws and practices were mandated(?) Because no one did what was right, and only cared about stuffing money in their pockets. Environmental compliance and worker safety cost money. I doubt that tomorrow we will begin to see waste drums along the road side, but there will be drift in the direction of what was, and a lack of progress in a better direction. ...and the kaaahRazy idea that private individuals will have recourse in the courts when companies do them damage is a silly as things get. You know, yes, Mary Jones is going to outlast a mega corporation, their capital, and their lawyers and win the day. Yuk yuk, pal. Some may like anarchy...I'm not a fan. I favor a short legal leash on any activity and entity driven solely by greed. [/QUOTE]

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