In fact, as Charles Pierce in Esquire reminds us, it “kills more people in this country than ISIS ever will.”
Only the Democrats’ weakness, passivity, and silence, allows the GOP to continue to tout deregulation as something worth keeping them in office for–a campaign promise fulfilled.
Regulation protects American lives–deregulation endangers them.
Pierce wraps his mind around the incredible spectacle of Republicans moving to cut regulations on chemical plants even after the latest detonation at a chemical plant.
As I said before, the Rrepublicans pitch basically comes down to: “We hate Americans and will do everything we can to degrade and endanger your lives. Vote for us.”