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No. No game ball for the gubmit. That's not my point. I'm just observing that, according to the news, parents are calling for more effective oversight. Gubmit oversight has been poor. I know how this happens. Libs get the law, cons starve the program for funding. This is especially predictable/universal when the regulation is commercial. LOTS of pressure to underfund business regulation. Pressure to free the individual.....not so much. Pressure to free commerce.....terribly forceful. Undeniable. It is a well known principle of public policy administration that agencies that regulate business eventually become "captured" by the commercial forces in the industry. Then, eventually, something like this happens to reawaken peoples' desires and calls for regulatory action. And the liberal forces retake the agency. For a while.
And it's a chance to reconsider what we want and expect from government. So, that's the point. America is asking the question "What, if anything, do we do about this problem?"
I will say this though, Len: While gubmit gets no better than a D+ in its failure to adequately police this industry, I'm going to laugh hard if I start thinking you're giving some credit to the industry. C'mon. They did this for profits. In business, all legal profit opportunities are explored, and some not so legal. It's a cost/benefit analysis. Now that they've been busted, for purposes of public perception and to avoid government sanctions, they've instituted this "voluntary" recall. if you're thinking this comes from the kindness of their hearts, you just don't get it. Do these public perception manipulation tactics work on you, Len?
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