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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
Hi sweetie,
The factories/OSHA I think help your point, or maybe I'm just tired. Though I woudn't mind seeing OSHA-stuff left largely up to the states unless there was a good reason for the feds to be involved.
The food is at least a federal issue if its imported. I'd have to check my old books to see the justification for the rest.
The EPA doesn't help you though, as pollution almost always involves interstate externalities. No way the feds should stay out of that, and no way the states should duke that one out. New Jersey would kill us all if it could.
In other words, while we might not all agree on what makes a compelling* reason for federal involvement/regulation in any particular area, I'd guess that almost all of us agree that someone has to at least be able to credibly assert that a compelling reason exists for federal regulation. What is the deal with OSHA anyway?
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*or some other word that a lawyer would use when he doesn't know what standard(s) are actually required.
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Why shouldn't the states duke it out? They could go thru court to determine what damages or compensatory payments should be made. Hell, if my neighbor dumps crap in my yard, I get to sue him and we work it out between ourselves -- why should the states be any different?
I think food travels between the states, and so it's an interstate commerce thing. Just a guess -- I'm no conlaw scholar. But I've heard that that "interstate commerce" thing is important. And, just a guess, checking things at the production site is likely more efficient than having to stop the trucks/trains/planes at the border (or the airport) to inspect the food -- thus having to have testing facilities set up at every road into a state. But whatthefuckever.
I'm having more wine and going to sleep.
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