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I don't think you'll find too many people who oppose investigating and prosecuting fraudulent product labeling. This is not the sort of thing that's usually bei

• justin66 10y ago
  In plenty of cases "they" don't need to debate or oppose anything, they just need to oppose any new funding of the agencies that would look into the fraud in question. Go look up the counterfeit olive oil articles from several years back and consider that things haven't improved at all on that front.
• xenadu02 10y ago
  > This is not the sort of thing that's usually being debated when one talks about the cost/benefit of regulations. Yes it is, at least when Conservative party leaders talk about it. You might have a different definition but it isn't the one that will be enacted in reality. For that matter how do you suppose product labeling regulations could be enforced? It would require tests and objective standards. And what happens with an entirely new substance that doesn't have a known safety profile or valid test criteria? tl;dr: Everyone likes regulations when they're buying safe and accurately labeled products. Everyone hates regulations when they're asked to prove their own claims. The circle cannot be squared.
• rodgerd 10y ago
  > I don't think you'll find too many people who oppose investigating and prosecuting fraudulent product labeling. The large number of ethusiasts for "tort reform" suggest that the idea of making companies immune to the consequence of malfeasance would suggest otherwise.
  • nickik 10y ago
    Maybe true, but not libertarians.