PalacePrincess Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 *shudder* yet another reason to be happy you live in canada.... NY Times WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 April 21 was an unusually violent day in Iraq; 68 people died in a car bombing in Basra, among them 23 children. As the news went from bad to worse, President Bush took a tough line, vowing to a group of journalists, "We're not going to cut and run while I'm in the Oval Office." On the same day, deep within the turgid pages of the Federal Register, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a regulation that would forbid the public release of some data relating to unsafe motor vehicles, saying that publicizing the information would cause "substantial competitive harm" to manufacturers. As soon as the rule was published, consumer groups yelped in complaint, while the government responded that it was trying to balance the interests of consumers with the competitive needs of business. But hardly anyone else noticed, and that was hardly an isolated case. Allies and critics of the Bush administration agree that the Sept. 11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq have preoccupied the public, overshadowing an important element of the president's agenda: new regulatory initiatives. Health rules, environmental regulations, energy initiatives, worker-safety standards and product-safety disclosure policies have been modified in ways that often please business and industry leaders while dismaying interest groups representing consumers, workers, drivers, medical patients, the elderly and many others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple foot Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 kerry isn't going to make this any better! no matter who they say is in charge, corporate interests rule the states AND canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Why not... Skancs, Inc runs the drug trade... oh, no, wait... that's the corporate interests too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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