I agree that specific formulation is asinine but the whole point of regulations is that businesses cannot be trusted to put public welfare above economic incent

I agree that specific formulation is asinine but the whole point of regulations is that businesses cannot be trusted to put public welfare above economic incentives. It's not about who is more to blame, it's about the government failing its constituents which is heinous regardless of how many people died. Businesses do immoral shit all the time and while we should punish them accordingly, if the government abdicates its duty in regulating them even that becomes impossible.