Actually laws of the type being polled already exist, so what ask which should be put into place when they already are? Shouldn't the question ask which laws are Constitutional and effective?
All regulation is good, the government should completely control the economy
I disagree with this.Not all regulation is good.
Minimum wage
Good because it ensures that some employees are not to exploited. Without it I imagine people in this country besides illegals would be still making a dollar an hour or less.
Labor condition laws
A good thing. The fact we had to make laws to improve labor conditions only shows that such such a thing would have never happened without government intervention.
Product safety laws
A good thing.
Antitrust laws
A good thing
Copyright laws
A good thing,although I am not too sure about the full extent.
Environmental protection
A good thing,although this ony extends to dumping waste or releasing noxious or hazardous fumes into the air.
Tariffs and other import/export regulations
Its a good thing.Without it a lot of jobs will go over seas and a lot of companies here wouldn't be able to compete.
Incorporation restrictions
Not sure exactly what this means to have an opinion.
Tarrifs don't really help the economy, they just prop up certain industries when the resources could be more efficently used elsewhere in that country.
Actually, no, they prove critical in the appropriate development of infant industries, which maximizes dynamic comparative advantage.
Actually yes, why should we prop up industries that can't stand on their own? Thousands of new enterprises are driven out of business by their counterparts in the same nation. It also helps provoke retaliatory tarrifs. All companies start out by losing money. Proping up a business is only worthwile if it can par its customers back with lower prices later on, but if the business can recoup it's debt to the consumer, why can't it support itself?
Your basis is a utopian conception of market exchange where all market agents and competitors have the ability to rise and fall on their own merits (which is why you suggested that worker-owned enterprises should be able to gain a competitive edge if they're more efficient). Given the realities of market and wealth concentration, that's most certainly not the case.
I voted for everything except the minimum wage and tariffs / trade barriers. Most of the things listed are necessary, because they either protect the public (e.g. environmental laws, safety laws) or they prevent economic inefficiencies (e.g. copyright laws, antitrust laws). But the minimum wage and tariffs are just gratuitous meddling in the market, and the government should not be involved.
I wasn't really sure what you meant by "incorporation restrictions." Do you mean zoning restrictions, where you can't open a business in a residential area? If so, I support that.
I realize that the market doesn't work perfectly. Neither does the government. The government rarely concedes power once it's put in place. It usually creates more problems when it triesto solve something.
Also, it's probably a matter of me not seeing your response, but why exactly wouldn't a worker owned factory succeed if it's so much more efficent?
None of this rather abstract commentary changes or alters the fact that the government is an integral agent in the capitalist economy, for the reasons that I mentioned above.
Yes, and I never denied that. That doesn't mean that everything they touch turns to gold. What you said about the market is true, it's not perfect. Neither is government action. At least the free market offers one far more choices, choices are voluntary, and it's more flexible than the government.
Again, market concentration. The superior resources of established firms allow them to drive out smaller firms that are newer to the exchange market, even if they utilize their own meager resources more efficiently. The established firms will also engage in tactics such as underselling.
Yes, it's hard to get into the business of anything. It helps weed out the weaklings that can't use their resources as efficently as others.
However, most businesses are small. They are at least as big a part of the economy as large firms
http://www.nfib.com/Portals/0/PDF/healthcare/Small-Business-Healthcare-Fact-Sheet.pdf
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