Trust in government, business swirling the bowl
Lewis DiuguidFrom birth control to bourbon, consumers these days have to wonder who can they trust.
A September 2011 recall by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals of birth control pills came too late for some women who ended up pregnant. Other manufacturers, Pfizer, Glenmark Generics and Sandoz had recalls of birth-control pills with faulty packaging. Lawsuits have resulted, The Kansas City Star reports.
But people have to ask where was the Food and Drug Administration oversight before the mistakes?
On the bourbon front, Maker’s Mark is going back to a 90 proof product after finding that consumers turned their noses up at a reduced 84-proof bourbon. Smart move.
People shouldn’t have to regret their good purchases like the folks on the recent Carnival Cruise ship Triump. What a mess.
Then there are Kia and Hyundai, which got into trouble with the Environmental Protection Agency by overstating the fuel mileage for 900,000 vehicles sold in the United States, The Kansas City Star also reports. But consumers have to ask where was the EPA oversight before the fudging took place and many people purchased vehicles with mileage they can’t trust.
Republicans cry for smaller government and less oversight. But the hands-off approach to business doesn’t appear to work any better now than it did when Teddy Roosevelt was president.
George Hunsucker
Northland
2 months, 4 weeks agoConservatives want EFFECTIVE government, libs want big, ineffective government…… We have big ineffective government as your examples CLEARLY SHOW lewis…
Thanks for pointing out the ineffectiveness of todays overpaid, underworked bureaucrats…
Matt Henry
2 months, 4 weeks agoHow many billions of prescription drugs are dispensed without incident on an annual basis? Are we suggesting that any industry, any time, has to be without error of any kind, at any time, for there not to be something fundamentally wrong with it? Is there any level of government oversight that would keep mistakes from ever happening, ever? Is this realistic? Is this LWD showing his underwear here, that no matter what the circumstance he is going to use the opportunity to call for more expansive government?
Can no vacation excursion ever go wrong, no incident happen that is out of the ordinary, that would have happened without expanded government oversight?
And last but not least, did not “the market”, without the help of government, correct what turned out to be a poor decision by some whiskey manufacturer, or should there be a board to determine when and if it is appropriate for a product to be changed? Perhaps LWD is right; maybe a bigger government could have spared the population the trauma of new Coke.
Is this the tripe that passes for reasoned thought nowadays? Holy macaroni….