There's a mini-brouhaha, um, brewing, in some circles of the Blogging world, and even among the Democratic candidates for president. Let's go straight to the source, an interview with Howard Dean which was reported yesterday in the
Washington Post:
Dean Calls For New Controls on Business, by Jim VandeHei, Washington Post Staff Writer, 11/19/03.
After years of government deregulation of energy markets, telecommunications, the airlines and other major industries, Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean is proposing a significant reversal: a comprehensive "re-regulation" of U.S. businesses.
The former Vermont governor said he would reverse the trend toward deregulation pursued by recent presidents -- including, in some respects, Bill Clinton -- to help restore faith in scandal-plagued U.S. corporations and better protect U.S. workers.
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