[Oberon]

Scrap all regulations related to capacity, workers' rights, workers' compensation, OSHA, license and regulatory fees, various permits, and zoning of commercial establishments. Let unadulterated capitalism as envisioned by Adam Smith take hold, and prosperity will return.

There have been systems like that before. Charles Dickens wrote about them a good deal.

[nwrep]

There have been systems like that before. Charles Dickens wrote about them a good deal.

Oberon, you are right, Dickens described a 19th century version of my prescribed scenario, but remember, it was a 19th century version. If we were to scrap laws enshrined since, lets say 1965, you would not have such a huge problem. After all, the class system that reduced the value of a worker's life relative to that of the capitalist does not exist in this country.

I would submit to you that the catastrophic injustices envisioned by you will not come to pass should such a reform be carried out. Entrepreneurs today are far more responsible than the left gives them credit for.