[perl4ever]

"This gets into the roots of my socialist beliefs"

Regulation is not socialism. And being in favor of regulation or socialism shouldn't mean that you are against intelligent regulations that take into account costs and benefits.

[rjplatte]

It's common for favoring socialism and being in favor of intelligent regulation to be mutually exclusive.

[perl4ever]

I don't believe there is anybody who believes the government does useful things and wants it to be stupid.