Archive for March, 2007

Quote of the Day: Taking the Fun out of Capitalism

Monday, March 5th, 2007

All these regulations take the fun out of capitalism”

Pepper . . . and Salt cartoon, Wall Street Journal, March 5, 2007

Yes, regulations can take the fun out of  business.   But when that fun is at someone else’s expense (i.e. excess executive compensation) or is just unfair (10 hours locked in a Jet Blue plane on a tarmack — isn’t that kidnapping?) it should come as no surprise when public policy concerns prompt someone to say “there ought to be a law.”