Re: ergonomics, etc.

[Brad DeLong <delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> George Dubya, the titular head of the US state, recently got
> headlines by okaying the veto by Congress of Clinton-era ergonomic
> rules in the workplace. I wonder:  isn't part of this reversal
> Clinton's fault? After all, Big Bill left this proposal to the end
> of his years, so that its actual enactment would be up in the air.
> As a neoliberal, he probably liked the idea of proposing stuff that
> sounds pro-worker without its actual passage.

Don't go grasping for straws, and never underestimate the effects of
total disorganization. Had Big Al been elected, the Clinton-era
ergonomic rules would still have been set out, and would stand.

Yet another blessing we have received from Ralph Nader...


Brad DeLong