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That's really not true, you can't run a giant public company and start breaking laws because you think 'the current executive branch won't care'.

scarface74 7y ago
CounterExamples: (And before anyone gets triggered about me talking about politics, please notice that the examples below are referring to both parties in the same light) 1. Selling marijuana is still illegal federally but there are hundreds of companies selling it out in the open in states where it is legal. Neither Republican or Democratic Presidents seem to have much interest in prosecuting them. Yes I know The former attorney general under Trump wanted to start prosecutions but the Republican Congress at the time basically said he couldn’t use funds for it and it went against what even Trump wanted. 2. How many companies were paying illegal immigrants for farm labor and factory work while both Republican and Democratic lawmakers looked the other way until Trump? I am not making a value judgement either way here. 3. Uber
- BubRoss 7y ago
  Your first example is a contradiction between state law and federal law. Large public companies seemed to stay out of this business for that reason. Your second example was also not something large public companies were doing consistently and I don't think that has changed with a different administration. "Uber" is not any sort of statement or reasoning in support of what you are saying.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Uber is a national company whose business model was predicated on breaking local laws. The Koch Brothers run multiple national companies and had one of their companies recently raided for employing illegal immigrants. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ice-raids-koch-foods-20190816-xrjziewj4zeq3klhnurg2f5jry-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ice-raids-koc...
    - BubRoss 7y ago
      > Uber is a national company whose business model was predicated on breaking local laws. Nope > The Koch Brothers run multiple national companies and had one of their companies recently raided for employing illegal immigrants. Are you implying they did this because the previous administration 'did not care' ? That's a large assumption.
      - scarface74 7y ago
        So Uber wasn’t breaking local taxi laws for years? Everyone knows that farmers and companies employing low skill labor have been employing illegal immigrants for decades. Other presidents both Republican and Democrats have looked the other way because both sets of employers would not be able to find enough cheap labor otherwise. No one wants to harm the farm belt because of their outsized electoral college influence.
        BubRoss 7y ago
        I don't think anything Uber did related to selectively ignoring laws when a new administration took office. How is any of this about large companies not caring about laws because of a new president?
        scarface74 7y ago
        Well seeing that your question doesn’t have anything to do with the thread... My post: “ It’s not about the regulations, it’s about whether the executive branch chooses to enforce them and how much.” And the response to: “ That's really not true, you can't run a giant public company and start breaking laws because you think 'the current executive branch won't care'.” What does it have to do with “changing” the executive branch? The “executive branch” is not just at the federal level. It’s also at the state and the local level where the president/governor/mayor has a lot of influence on what gets enforced.
        BubRoss 7y ago

scarface74 7y ago

CounterExamples: (And before anyone gets triggered about me talking about politics, please notice that the examples below are referring to both parties in the same light) 1. Selling marijuana is still illegal federally but there are hundreds of companies selling it out in the open in states where it is legal. Neither Republican or Democratic Presidents seem to have much interest in prosecuting them. Yes I know The former attorney general under Trump wanted to start prosecutions but the Republican Congress at the time basically said he couldn’t use funds for it and it went against what even Trump wanted. 2. How many companies were paying illegal immigrants for farm labor and factory work while both Republican and Democratic lawmakers looked the other way until Trump? I am not making a value judgement either way here. 3. Uber

BubRoss 7y ago
Your first example is a contradiction between state law and federal law. Large public companies seemed to stay out of this business for that reason. Your second example was also not something large public companies were doing consistently and I don't think that has changed with a different administration. "Uber" is not any sort of statement or reasoning in support of what you are saying.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Uber is a national company whose business model was predicated on breaking local laws. The Koch Brothers run multiple national companies and had one of their companies recently raided for employing illegal immigrants. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ice-raids-koch-foods-20190816-xrjziewj4zeq3klhnurg2f5jry-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ice-raids-koc...
  - BubRoss 7y ago
    > Uber is a national company whose business model was predicated on breaking local laws. Nope > The Koch Brothers run multiple national companies and had one of their companies recently raided for employing illegal immigrants. Are you implying they did this because the previous administration 'did not care' ? That's a large assumption.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      So Uber wasn’t breaking local taxi laws for years? Everyone knows that farmers and companies employing low skill labor have been employing illegal immigrants for decades. Other presidents both Republican and Democrats have looked the other way because both sets of employers would not be able to find enough cheap labor otherwise. No one wants to harm the farm belt because of their outsized electoral college influence.
      - BubRoss 7y ago
        I don't think anything Uber did related to selectively ignoring laws when a new administration took office. How is any of this about large companies not caring about laws because of a new president?
        scarface74 7y ago
        Well seeing that your question doesn’t have anything to do with the thread... My post: “ It’s not about the regulations, it’s about whether the executive branch chooses to enforce them and how much.” And the response to: “ That's really not true, you can't run a giant public company and start breaking laws because you think 'the current executive branch won't care'.” What does it have to do with “changing” the executive branch? The “executive branch” is not just at the federal level. It’s also at the state and the local level where the president/governor/mayor has a lot of influence on what gets enforced.
        BubRoss 7y ago