Not true Dr. K. Not true at all. The hypocrisy is from the folks who call for regulation, then want it back when it turns out badly. I'm trying real hard to avoid the use of the "p" word, but it's difficult.
But there has to be some admittance of the fact that when voters elect folks who want "small government", those who then claim that smaller government and lesser regulations have hurt their business, are usually the ones to be calling for more laws and more regulations. The common voter and the business man are usually two different people, and there are usually more of the common men than business men. So who is to blame?
Do you say "I told you so", take your bat and ball and go home? Do you play the game? Do you sit on the sidelines and sulk?
With smaller government and lesser regulation, some people are going to be hurt, usually those who "profit" or have an advantage given to them by the "large government" and "more regulations". You talk about the "spirit of the law". What is that precisely? Can you define it? Is it real? Does it really mean what you think it means?
Let's say you make widgets. There are onerous government regulations that prohibit the use of some chemicals you need to make widgets. So, you spend bazzilions of dollars to find a critter who will write a law, and vote the way you want, and convince his fellow critters to do the same. The law passes, and you can now make widgets for cheaper and faster, and you rake in a gazillion bucks. But...six months later, your employees start getting sick from the chemicals, and pretty soon, they are all in the hospital and no one will work for you as long as you use those chemicals. Point of the example: every decision has unintended consequences. There's no way to forsee them coming, they just hit you in the face. Small government and less regulation means just that. You can't unride the horse.
Less regulation usually means no laws creating new regulations will be written. Small(er) government means that even if the new regulations are written, there's no one around to enforce them.
Those are YOUR choices. With respect, of course!
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