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[BananaStand]

At what dollar cost and what opportunity cost? Each of government and employers/employees/consumers care about safety and they each try to get as much *safety-value as they can. Using the price system and allowing employers/employees/consumers to choose makes the most amount of safety-value.

You're giving people too much credit for having the information necessary to make informed choices. Would you check to see if a company's MSDS's are up to date before you consider a job there? Are you verifying the adequacy of ventilation and lighting? Are you doing an asbestos inspection?

We know for a fact that safer workplaces are more productive and prosperous for everyone involved. We know this because we've acted it out for decades and it's pretty much proven to be true. however cutting corners on safety can sometimes prove more prosperous for just one party, the employer. You might say that a free market would prevent that guy from getting good employees and his business would suffer and die because of it. But the fact is, too many people just don't know any better.

I see it as the government's job to ensure that the marketplace is fair and accessible for everyone. And that means preventing exploitable people from being exploited.

[wufwugy]

You're giving people too much credit for having the information necessary to make informed choices.

We are both giving people credit for having said information. You are saying bureaucrats have better information. I am saying that the marketplace, making up the people acting in the marketplace, does.

We know for a fact that safer workplaces are more productive and prosperous for everyone involved.

Depends on what it costs.