Quotes About Regulation

Part of the whole capitalist ethic is that the only thing that matters is how much money you make tomorrow: that's the crucial value of the system, profit for tomorrow. Not just profit, but the bottom line has to look good tomorrow. And the result is that planning for the future, and any kind of regulatory apparatus that would sustain the environment for the long-term, become impossible?and that means the planet is going to go down the tubes very fast.

official investigation.

Without rules, chaos.' With chaos, life.

I repeat, feedback is a method of controlling a system by reinserting into it the results of its past performance. If these results are merely used as numerical data for the criticism of the system and its regulation, we have the simple feedback of the control engineers. If, however, the information which proceeds backward from the performance is able to change the general method and pattern of performance, we have a process which may well be called learning.

Ho sempre considerato la sfera del diritto e quella della politica come due facce della stessa medaglia. Il mondo delle regole e il mondo del potere: il potere che crea le regole, le regole che trasformano il potere di fatto in un potere di diritto.

People had been working for so many years to make the world a safe, organized place. Nobody realized how boring it would become. With the whole world property-lined and speed-limited and zoned and taxed and regulated, with everyone tested and registered and adressed and recorded. Nobody had left much room for adventure, except maybe the kind you could buy. [...] The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.

Denny, 'Çocuk doÄŸurmak için izin alman gerekmiyor. Öyleyse niye ev yapman için izin alman gereksin ki?' diye soruyor. 'Peki ya tehlikeli ve çirkin bir ev yaparsan?' diye soruyorum. Denny, "Peki ya tehlikeli ve göt gibi bir evlat yetiÅŸtirirsen?" diyor.

Weren't allowed to carry blasters.

The Empire is just a skin we wear, you see. A shell. It's not just about law and order. It's about total control.

Reimbursement has become the primary mechanism through which the regulation of doctors occurs in the United States.2 To the extent that doctors cannot afford to do things they are not paid to do, and will gladly do more of those things they are paid handsomely to do, the decisions about whether, when, and how much to pay doctors for the various things they do has unwittingly become one of the most pervasive and powerful regulatory mechanisms ever devised.

The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

The more laws and order are made prominent,The more thieves and robbers there will be.

Because when the law implicitly or explicitly limits internal competition and bars new entrants, businesses have little, if any, incentive to innovate. As a result, regulated businesses—which include public utilities, air travel, defense, health care, and food and drugs—have fallen dangerously far behind in adopting exponential technologies. Once the disruptors do find a way in, collapse is that much more sudden.

The tyranny of the blood test.

Humans," said the puppeteer, "should not be allowed to run loose. You will surely harm yourselves.

Hemp and marijuana should be regulated like onions. No difference. If you can grow onion in your backyard, you can grow hemp or weed in your backyard. If you can grow onions in your farm, your family farm, you can grow help or marijuana in your family farm.

Wine was considered the most important; it was tax free, and an official was required to come aboard

The Casa de Contratación decreed that Magellan must limit his entire crew to 235 men, including cabin boys.

Affect dysregulation

Rules existed for a reason: if you followed them, you would succeed;

Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.

Rules, boundaries, and limitations

You need a building permit. But no permit needed for happiness. (Il faut un permis de construire. Mais pas besoin pour le bonheur)

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.