Well, why have them be non-mandatory (as they seem to be for this thread)?
I subscribe to the view that human beings are inherently free to do anything that does not infringe on the natural rights of other human beings. Thus making something mandatory is the state that requires a justification, not the other way around.
In the case of a pool this can be important since much of that information disappears once the pool is complete and a new owner can not verify without basically tearing up the pool again. Same with many of the regulations regarding home construction... without inspection and permits you really do not know if a house was built correctly without tearing into parts of it.
Without mandatory permitting processes homeowners would maintain this documentation or else they'd be forced to sell their home at a discount.
I did read the article and it does not support your assertion that their success is independent of the rest of the economy of Spain or the global debt ponzi scheme.
So, genius, please list one thing that the Democrat-controlled Congress and President have done that has so much as inconvenienced that group of people?
Has the President used his authority to order RICO investigations of Goldman Sachs?
Has any banker that works at a bailed-out bank had so much as a penny of his bonus clawed back?
Has Halliburton lost a single contract?
How about those wars?
Is it sinking in yet? Have you noticed that this administration is doing everything that Bush did, only more so? Why is that, do you think?
The sociopaths are the ones in power right now! Without tools provided by the government which they have completely captured they wouldn't be able to get away with it!
As they have been proven to do in the past when there was no regulation, look at the robber baron era.
Regulation is a tool of the large corporations. Regulation is what they use to hinder smaller competitors who would otherwise be able to successfully compete with them and reduce their share of the market. As proven by the events of the last two years.
They play the "please don't throw me into the briar patch" game and useful idiots fall for it every time.
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I subscribe to the view that human beings are inherently free to do anything that does not infringe on the natural rights of other human beings. Thus making something mandatory is the state that requires a justification, not the other way around.
I'm sorry, the link you posted to the data that contradicts that graph isn't displaying for some reason. It must be a problem with my browser.
You're explaining why it's a good idea to have your pool inspected.
This isn't the same thing as explaining why pool inspections should be mandatory.
And if the people purchasing the house did not believe them then they'd be forced to lower the price in order to make the sale.
Without mandatory permitting processes homeowners would maintain this documentation or else they'd be forced to sell their home at a discount.
If your landlord knows the right people the inspectors will just look the other way.
That's a pretty disgusting attitude.
The proper reason for a lawsuit is to recover actual damages, not treat every accident like a lottery ticket.
But all that is irrelevant to the person whose property is damaged.
In any case, permitted or not, the neighbor is liable for the damages OP's friend's property.
A common myth that public sector employees believe so that they don't feel bad about agitating for automatic raises.
That went away sometime back in the 19th century.
So if the pool had been licensed then the water wouldn't have done as much damage to your friends back yard when it collapsed?
I did read the article and it does not support your assertion that their success is independent of the rest of the economy of Spain or the global debt ponzi scheme.
Spain created an era of false prosperity by borrowing a huge amount of money, mostly from Germany that they are utterly unable to repay.
They sacrificed what real productive they had on the alter of "green energy" at a cost of 2.2 jobs for every "green job".
The nation is about to collapse into the black hole of unpayable debt and you want to use them as an socialism success story?
Is that a joke? I'm bookmarking that post so that we can revisit it at a future date.
An utterly toothless piece of legislation.
Bullshit. Everyone's taxes are going up.
Please cite a dollar amount of bonuses that were returned.
Again, are you joking or just that deluded?
No, it's not. You got to choose how that money was distributed. Your social engineering schemes don't give me a choice.
That's rich. When has that happened, ever?
I was talking about your prior post.
So, genius, please list one thing that the Democrat-controlled Congress and President have done that has so much as inconvenienced that group of people?
Has the President used his authority to order RICO investigations of Goldman Sachs?
Has any banker that works at a bailed-out bank had so much as a penny of his bonus clawed back?
Has Halliburton lost a single contract?
How about those wars?
Is it sinking in yet? Have you noticed that this administration is doing everything that Bush did, only more so? Why is that, do you think?
Perhaps you should clarify which rich sociopaths you are talking about.
If you're just going to be histrionic there's really not much else to say.
I'm all for voluntary cooperation.
No part of "voluntary" involves armed thugs enforcing one party's will upon the other party.
The sociopaths are the ones in power right now! Without tools provided by the government which they have completely captured they wouldn't be able to get away with it!
Regulation is a tool of the large corporations. Regulation is what they use to hinder smaller competitors who would otherwise be able to successfully compete with them and reduce their share of the market. As proven by the events of the last two years.
They play the "please don't throw me into the briar patch" game and useful idiots fall for it every time.
Seriously - put down the crack pipe.
You're right - everything's fine. There's nothing to worry about.