Did it ever occur to you that any regulations were enacted to protect the public, or that such regulations do protect the public? Your deregulation equals liberty argument also proves a grievous error in the case of quacks and hucksters who are just out to swindle people. Just like how regulation can be counter-productive to fairness and competition, wanton deregulation can also lead to economic ills. The most productive countries in the world also have the shortest work-hours, and when Sweden implemented a six-hour workday worker productivity, satisfaction, and revenue increased, while turnover and absenteeism decreased. Similarly, rent control is deemed necessary in New York State to keep key workers from leaving particular areas, while it has also been argued that rent regulation incentivizes tenants to upgrade and maintain their homes as opposed to keeping them squalid so landlords can't claim the added value for themselves. Completely ripping apart good regulations can then blow up in the face of free marketers! You’re a proponent of the free-market right Jollybear? at best, workers become sluggish, strike more often, and end up trashing their apartments as they move out of viable city sectors; at worst, you can end up getting a financial apocalypse! You remember the rescission of 2007?
and as far as taxes go, what’s your ethical position on taxes besides something as vague as liberty? Because you do know the government has the LEGAL right to tax
