October 6, 2018: Government Regulations Are Just What We Need

 

10/6/18: Once again we learn a hard lesson about the need for government regulation. A limousine owned by a New York company with a history of failed safety inspections and known to hire drivers without proper licenses is involved in a catastrophic crash. The driver, all seventeen passengers, and two pedestrians are killed. This makes it the deadliest crash in the U.S. in years. 

So, yes, regulations are often necessary.

 

See also: NFL brain damage, unsafe Duck Boat operations, failing hip replacement devices,  and for-profit colleges ripping off students. Then you have U.S. banks laundering money for drug cartels and Big Pharma pushing “safe” opioid pain killers because – they promised – what could go wrong!