Neither me, nor well named, nor Wookie, nor Clovis suggested this was being argued. Speaking of things going over others' heads, you somehow managed to invent a strawman here that nobody ever employed.

I'm not going to say that there aren't bad regulations, or that sometimes corrupt politicians stick them in place to benefit their own interests, but what are you trying to argue, that there are no good regulations?

Your post was,

"Any regulation that costs the business money hurts growth."

Solar bat signal

374000 Americans work in the solar industry.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmc.../#43bb1d5b2800

Coal, gas and oil generation combined employ 187000.

100000 employed in wind generation as well.

See in this example, the braid license process is a bad thing because the costs of acquiring the license isn't anywhere near proportional to the potential harm that could be done to consumers for getting a ****ty braid job. But while I would imagine very few people actually abide by those laws since it would tend to be a cash business done out of the home, if it did prevent someone new to the biz from catering to the low end braid markets while they were still earning their stripes, you're right, that would be a very costly regulation.

An example of GOOD regulation would be standards boards for education, both because the scope of the transaction is life altering in many cases, and because consumers tend to have a very difficult time estimating the value of the product. We require that they PROVE that they meet some specific standard for quality before letting them call themselves a university, so that hucksters can't prey on the weak and trick them into paying for expensive course modules that add no value to their lives.

Now maybe some would say that trump university was great for the economy. The money they collected cycled through the system several times over... all to perform a giant charade to siphon the money out of peoples pockets. Jobs were created! GDP grew! Why would want to let the government ruin something so beautiful?

I love the left. Kathy Griffin playing the victim card helps Trump so much and she does that realize it.

Lol I love this. So ****ing funny.

Don't know what the hell you are talking about. Most of the left and centrists, which you used to be until the lolz somehow became more important to you than your daughter's future, doesn't like what she is doing and do realize it helps Trump. Snap out of it man.

I think it is fair to say that that we should prima facie assume that regulations have an economic cost. I don't think we can prima facie assume they have a benefit. So while I do agree with clovis that regulation shouldn't be regarded as bad or good in the abstract, nonetheless we should place the burden of proof on the person proposing the regulation.

I thought you were a huge fan of "extreme free speech." Weren't you one of the biggest Milo supporters on this forum until he disappeared?

I'm not worried in the least bit about my daughter's future. Not in the least. I'm much more worried about my son's. No, that is not a joke.

If you believe that women are paid less than men, I think you are the one who "needs to snap out of it". My wife makes more money than I do. You get what deserve, not what you think you should make.

And I am currently not a centrist. I'm more than willing to go hard right to move the line back to the middle. Trump's going to get a few more supreme Court justices, right? Lol. Kennedy is 81 and Ginsberg is 84. If Democrats don't make serious headway in 2018 and Trump wins in 2020, all is lost for the left for a long, long time.

We shall erase these people. No more. I can't wait to see that happen, and I will be voting accordingly. Straight down the right hand side, baby.

People get what they deserve. Let the left eat crow and choke on it.

Resist!

Lol.

What the hell does that mean? Basically, you are for extreme free speech on the right/fascism but against it for liberals?

What did the leftists do to you again? A bunch of colleges kids going crazy, as has always been the case, has driven you insane?

I do think women are paid a little less than men even when you control for outside factors like pregnancy, but its not a huge issue with me. My sense is that men are viewed as the "breadwinners" in the family so they get some kind of bias in that regard. I'm pretty sure that was the case in the past, but right now, today, I don't really know tbh. Anyway, I think its pretty crazy to put a mentally unstable person in charge based on that issue either way. Why it that issue so important to you? Or do you disagree with the premise that Trump's behavior has been erratic?

I hope the monster you people have created turns on you. Yes.

Well, they do say most women experience sexism first at the home. Before they are old enough to live independently or articulate their oppression. It seems like you are providing a useful education for your daughter in the ways of toxic masculinity!

What does that mean?

I don't think he's insane at all. What, exactly, has been insane that he's done?

Yes, college kids are alarming me. They are willing to throw away the most basic, important things we have as a society. They are violent racists, and they need to go.

What are you talking about?

Not in my home. She has a mother that is highly successful and a father who will support her in whatever she chooses.

You keep making those assumptions though!

I'm not making assumptions, I'm going off of words you posted just minutes ago.

And that's the truth. What's the issue, and where is "oppression" involved in what I said?

I won't be raising victims in my house. Good luck with yours!

The truth is the gender wage gap is real. Legitimate data scientists tell us so. You are gaslighting by trying to tell us that something that's demonstrably true isn't true. Are you gaslighting members of your own family too? When she grows up she will be able to do basic google searches and see that you were wrong about so many things. Are you worried that she won't trust you when she realizes you harbor so much toxic masculinity and false thinking when she grows up?

Absolutely not. She'll be almost assuredly given a liberal education, and will be untaught much of it along the way.

The gender wage Gap is not real, and legitimate evidence tells us so. Believe what you wish. Good luck.

Btw, Obama's adminstration had a 12% "wage Gap". Lol.

Well since I know you don't want to impart false wisdom to your daughter, let me correct you on the facts there:

Here’s What The Gender Pay Gap Looks Like By Income Level
https://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/...-income-level/

Do you actually know any college kids? If so, then you should realize pretty quickly that you are being sold some bunk horror stories based on the bad apples. Most don't even know about all these new cist words the right has been freaking out about, much less spontaneously combust on you for saying the wrong thing.

Even granting your premise, that would just mean their are violent racists on both sides. So why go far right to the violent racists on one side?

To give a non-political issue in which he harmed himself, the way the Comey firing went down seems like a pretty extreme lack of impulse control. Now has a special investigator as a result which is going to be a huge pain in the ass for him and his family for years.

And really, I think the spiteful thought process that you have bragged about on this board, goes into all his thoughts. Have you really not seen that in him? He seems to have that trait much more than even you. That may okay for an internet poster, but surely you must realize that is no way to make decisions for the country?

So you think Obama should have paid men and women equally?