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BUT REMEMBER, THE SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM IS MORE REGULATION: ?The federal agency responsible for?

By Glenn Reynolds

BUT REMEMBER, THE SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM IS MORE REGULATION: “The federal agency responsible for ensuring that the Deepwater Horizon was operating safely before it exploded last month fell well short of its own policy that the rig be inspected at least once per month, an Associated Press investigation shows. In fact, the agency’s inspection frequency on the Deepwater Horizon fell dramatically over the past five years, according to federal Minerals Management Service records. . . . In fact, last year MMS awarded the rig an award for its safety history.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 17, 2010 (boomark / email).