To me, regulations are an important part of a functioning society, as mentioned before the power utilities in California went crazy once regulatory oversight was weakened or taken away completely, hell, the whole foreclosure mess is a good example of what can happen when you don't have a set of rules in place so that everyone plays fairly, or when those in charge of overseeing do not do their jobs.
About guns I believe that people have lost respect for the damage they can do. They have become a substitute for argument and debate, instead of the tools for hunting or self defense they actually are.
And I agree with blackaeronaut about education.
What I don't get, and I think I never will is the constant attack against social safety net programs, like SS, or Medicare, or what little was actually passed as health reform. This attitude of as long as I have what is mine you can go die for all I care sickens me. Some people act as if the fact that they have plenty to live does not mean that someday they or their sons or daughters will not need a safety net when things go south.
About guns I believe that people have lost respect for the damage they can do. They have become a substitute for argument and debate, instead of the tools for hunting or self defense they actually are.
And I agree with blackaeronaut about education.
What I don't get, and I think I never will is the constant attack against social safety net programs, like SS, or Medicare, or what little was actually passed as health reform. This attitude of as long as I have what is mine you can go die for all I care sickens me. Some people act as if the fact that they have plenty to live does not mean that someday they or their sons or daughters will not need a safety net when things go south.
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg