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Deregulation destroys another 500 union jobs. Not the typical playbook but they'll take it I'm sure.

Not sure what you mean. The USDA forced Boars Head to suspend operations at the factory in late July due to a myriad of violations over the course of a year.

https://apnews.com/article/boars-head-listeria-recall-fcde06...

https://boarshead.com/pdf/Boars-Head-NOS-July-2024_view.pdf

Boars Head just decided that it’s better to close the plant indefinitely, since they can’t comply with regulations immediately.

I believe OP's meaning is that effective regulation would have identified the issues and required the company to address them before the issues had reached customers, and killed several of them.

Which is to say that an effectively-regulated Boar's Head would still have its Virginia plant, and the plant workers there would still have their jobs. Nine people would still have their lives. And those who wanted to could still buy Boar's Head liverwurst.

Effective regulation preserves health, lives, jobs, and corporate reputations.

Ineffective regulation, regulatory capture, and complete deregulation destroy health, lives, jobs, and corporate (and industry) reputations.

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