Let's get government out of the safety business. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, formed in the early '70's and signed into law by president Richard Nixon, costs businesses and ultimately consumers millions upon millions every year. All this cranky agency does is put out more and more regulations for us to comply with. They're responsible for that binder in your store you love so well, full of Material Safety Data Sheets. You know, the binder no one ever looks at.
Somehow, America survived for over 350 years without OSHA. As George Reisman, an economist and professor at Pepperdine University points out here, safety is not a proper function of government.
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I agree 100%!!!! OSHA is a prime example of what happens when our government gets involved. You got a bunch of lazy liberal politicians that have never worked telling us how to do it safely? If I don't have enough sense on my own to put earplugs in when I'm around high noise all day then that should be no ones fault but my own. Same way with seat belts! The government was created to beneath the people, the opposite of what it is.... or thinks it is
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