Some, especially those in the landscaping business, repeat the meme that "businesses know best" how to run their own business. Citizens, goes the argument, should stop trying to say anything about how businesses run themselves.
This is one of the sillier arguments, but since it is often repeated, we might as well respond.
If businesses knew best and regulated themselves we would:
-Have almost no oversight of banks and financial institutions,
-Still give pregnant mothers DES,
-Still use asbestos throughout our homes,
-Still be using DDT,
-Still allow disposal of toxins in our water,
-Still have lead in our paint and gasoline,
-Still have toxins and particulate pouring out of smokestacks in far greater quantities than we do now,
-Not regulate sulfur dioxide emissions,
-Not have most safety features (bumpers, rear/side view mirrors, seat belts, etc.) in cars,
-Allow airlines to fly forever without inspection.
The list could obviously go on much longer. (Feel free to add your own favorites in the comments below.)
To suggest that landscapers or any business is beyond reproach or regulation is, obviously, nonsense.
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