But Bret, I spent my life in the auto business, big business, and there was never a regulation proposed that we did not fight with every tool we could muster. Public relations, political contributions, threats of job losses, wild stories about how it would ruin the products, all were part of our industries arsenal. I fought the fight too, and we all truly believed the regulations would hurt the company to the detriment of "me" and the nation.
I look back now, 30-40 years later and realize that these regulations greatly improved our American way of life....and did not kill the company.
Auto safety regulations save at least 30,000 lives a year.
Emissions regulations have removed 90+% of the bad pollutants and the vehicles start and run great. I can't imagine how we could breath if the cars polluted like they used to.
The most contentious was the fuel standards, they still look impossible to achieve, but my new pickup gets 20 MPG at 75MPH. Same truck would of gotten 7 or 8 MPG 40 years ago. That and fracking have made America much less dependent on the Arabs, and Venezualans. Good for America.
Certainly some regulations go overboard and some bureaucrats are fools, but no business man (and farmers are business men) will ever accept regulation without a fight and howls of protest. Right or wrong.
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