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Originally posted by AnIntellectualRedneck
Has anybody ever read "The Jungle"? Read that book, and you'll get a good picture of life before all those pesky regulations went into effect.
Originally posted by AnIntellectualRedneck
If there are no regulations, what is going to stop the companies from fleecing consumers even more, stop them from putting poison or unimaginable nastiness in their products, or creating a corporate monopoly so complete that you have no choice? What's going to stop the companies from bringing back crap like paying you in "company store credits" so you don't have a choice?
Originally posted by AnIntellectualRedneck
If there are no regulations, what is going to stop the companies from fleecing consumers even more, stop them from putting poison or unimaginable nastiness in their products, or creating a corporate monopoly so complete that you have no choice? What's going to stop the companies from bringing back crap like paying you in "company store credits" so you don't have a choice?