> Should we allow a factory in Indiana to avoid environmental regulation if they just pay a 30% tariff? Is it ok to have a 5% mortality rate at a factory in Ala

> Should we allow a factory in Indiana to avoid environmental regulation if they just pay a 30% tariff? Is it ok to have a 5% mortality rate at a factory in Alabama if they pay a 60% tariff? Should U.S. companies be allowed to just pay fees to become exempt from FDA/EPA/OSHA/etc. rules? People keep talking about environmental regulation, but I'd say that they alone do not account even for a few percents of all problems hampering US manufacturing. Same is for labour rates, US labour rates in non-flyover states are already lower than in South China... Seeing people keep talking about that, and fail to see way bigger elephants in the room.