tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post712976029227011284..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Of Regulations, Red Tape, and the Trade DeficitThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-10351040947226550092009-02-25T22:45:00.000-06:002009-02-25T22:45:00.000-06:00PS -- TLG, are you saying you find your personal e...PS -- TLG, are you saying you find your personal economy "stimulated" by SOX? This sounds dangerously close to being a foot fetish.Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-34165643753989166882009-02-25T22:42:00.000-06:002009-02-25T22:42:00.000-06:00TLG -- So you're the bastard getting rich off SOX!...TLG -- So <I>you're</I> the bastard getting rich off SOX!!! <BR/><BR/>I shouldn't bitch; being forced to deal with SOX does encourage us (as IT drones) to improve and document processes, and as I...er... mature, I see the virtue of this. "Tribal knowledge" and undocumented processes will be the death of me yet.Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-26422963491265961582009-02-25T21:43:00.000-06:002009-02-25T21:43:00.000-06:00First of all... Stephen Smith. I love you.Second,...First of all... Stephen Smith. I love you.<BR/><BR/>Second, Dr. Ralph: I LOVE Sarbanes-Oxley. Why? Because it 'deregulated' the fiancial sector? NO!! The incredible amount of regulatory overhead mandates that banks buy and deploy high dollar security/monitoring/remediation software - SOLD BY ME!!! woo hoo!!<BR/><BR/>SOX costs industry billions in having to pay for high dollar enterprise IT TarrantLibertyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624121038065257931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-8082590241655821012009-02-23T19:35:00.000-06:002009-02-23T19:35:00.000-06:00BFU Rector - rather than just assign an arbitrary ...BFU Rector - rather than just assign an arbitrary reduction ratio, I'd still prefer a mandatory review/sunset date. <BR/><BR/>Not sure I agree that it's better to risk eliminating too many because we can always add them back. That's a little like saying you can always re-install the seatbelts <I>after</I> you've gone through the windshield. <BR/><BR/>WS - I guarantee you can't hate what you put Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-32239477009048574562009-02-23T14:12:00.000-06:002009-02-23T14:12:00.000-06:00The problem with regulators is that once their age...The problem with regulators is that once their agency is created, it develops a life of its own. It no longer exists to help the regulated or their constituents, but to endure and grow.<BR/><BR/>Since we are agreed that we may be over regulated, lets start dismantling regulatory efforts. Say close two agencies for each one created.<BR/><BR/>It is far better to risk eliminating a few too many, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-60825205653158977632009-02-22T21:50:00.000-06:002009-02-22T21:50:00.000-06:00Up until recently, a small percentage of shipping ...Up until recently, a small percentage of shipping containers were scanned/x-rayed for nuclear weapons. <BR/>I guess I'm okay with that. <BR/><BR/>But an even larger percentage were scanned, opened, unloaded, checked and reloaded for items not on the manifest. <BR/>This wasn't to ensure that everything was "safe", but to ensure that Uncle Sam got his pound o' flesh. <BR/><BR/>We bring most of The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-73980353581369578182009-02-22T20:28:00.000-06:002009-02-22T20:28:00.000-06:00As I said earlier, I'll freely concede there are u...As I said earlier, I'll freely concede there are unnecessary regulations on the books. <BR/><BR/>But the point it seems is being made here is that all (or at least most) regulation is unnecessary. Surely that's not what you are saying? <BR/><BR/>(But I suspect it is...)<BR/><BR/>Is it possible that the narrow lens you and Stephen are seeing through has blinded you to the possibility that there Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-25277300472543515802009-02-22T19:17:00.000-06:002009-02-22T19:17:00.000-06:00Doctor,Most of the regulations that vex us the mos...Doctor,<BR/>Most of the regulations that vex us the most are the ones that many perceive as "business friendly". <BR/><BR/>Some businessman/donor pays his congressperson to increase the tariff on item A. Well, you can't just expect the Bulgarians to always pay it, so you have to have inspectors. And collectors. And someone has to pay them. And they have to document that it's been inspected.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-46843208573140048252009-02-22T18:10:00.000-06:002009-02-22T18:10:00.000-06:00I love reading Stephen's pieces: they're always so...I love reading Stephen's pieces: they're always so passionate and well-written, and as often as not, wrong.<BR/><BR/>I'll ignore the appeals to authority, straw man arguments and ad hominem attacks on those pesky regulators and tin-horn bureaucrats that vex him so and keep this as simple as I can.<BR/><BR/>Most regulation seem to be about reducing risk of one kind or another: safety risk, Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.com