Congressmen Andy Briggs has put forward a bill to abolish OSHA (link to bill below).
For those of you who don't know, OSHA is a bloated and corrupt corpse that is riding on the backs of American workers. It has been weaponized by the Deep State as a regulatory burden for companies to make them less competitive. Removing them will help restore America back to a time when we were the leading industrial power in the world. Its very existence is an insult to the intelligence and self-preservation instincts of American workers
There are some concerns here that we can address. First, won't this make employees less safe?
No, it won't. Businesses have a vested interest in keeping their workers safe—after all, dead or injured employees can’t produce profits! If OSHA were abolished tomorrow, companies would immediately adopt even better safety standards, because no employer wants to deal with high turnover, expensive lawsuits, or negative press. It’s simple economics: the invisible hand of the free market is more effective than the heavy hand of government. We don’t need OSHA because we already have laws against negligence. If an employer is really reckless, workers can sue. And if they can’t afford a lawyer? Well, that’s why personal responsibility exists. Workers will refuse to work for unsafe companies. This is the way it has been done for centuries before OSHA existed.
Further, OSHA infantilizes workers. OSHA forces workers to wear unnecessary safety gear that just slows them down. If someone wants to operate heavy machinery in flip-flops, that’s their right as an American. If we trust people to vote and drive cars, we should trust them to decide whether they need safety goggles.
Abolishing OSHA is not just about saving money—it’s about restoring faith in personal responsibility. Without OSHA, we would enter an era where businesses thrive and workers make their own informed choices. In other words, we would return to a system that worked perfectly fine before OSHA was created in 1971.
People die all the time anyway. The question is, do we really live? We can’t just keep legislating all these safety nets. It erodes personal responsibility. Right now, we are all being punished because some people won’t take personal responsibility. That is basically a core fundamental of communism, total control of everyone.
Injuries were only higher because people were dumb. And yes, removing OSHA and all the hand holding may result in more injuries. However, this is a more fair system because it will punish stupidity and reward risk and intelligence. Also, people still work 84 hours a week, and more. This is a free country, everyone should be allowed to work as much as they want.
President Trump is creating a new elite. Look at Elon Musk. He was a poor immigrant from South Africa who believed in the American dream. He has worked hard and is now the richest man in the world, and one of the most powerful. Much of the current elite are only in power because of protection from the government.
The tenth amendment says “any powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people”. This is a right that is for us, we the people, and we shouldn’t cede this over to big daddy government because some individuals can’t take personal responsibility. You say these laws don’t contradict our rights, but they do. People tell me that I can’t work a job without a ugly yellow vest and a hard hat. That should be my right to choose. And further, corporations are people to. They have rights that need to be respected as well.
I have a hard time taking seriously anything from someone who has abandoned the US and lived somewhere else. Of course they will say stuff like that. Every person I’ve ever met who was a big international traveler was also very liberal.
Our food market is far from free. First off, large corporations control most of the food market. Do you know why? Regulations. I can’t buy fresh milk from my neighbor because the government says they have to boil it first. That is absurd. If I want raw milk, I should be able to drink it. The FDA poses such huge burdens on food companies that only the largest ones can survive. A single recall is enough to devastate a small company. This should not be happening. Once we abolish the FDA, the market will be wide open to anyone who wants to participate. Local growers will have a natural advantage in the market. It also doesn’t help that the government subsidizes corn and puts it in absolutely everything. We just need a hands-off approach.
Again, this comes back to personal responsibility. A fully functioning adult should be able to figure out what food is good, and what companies are creating healthy food. Bad food companies will go out of business because consumers will have lots of options and won’t choose them.
All because of big government regulatory capture. The US government is larger and spends more than any other government in the world. It is a bloated corpse that rides on our back. It is forcing people to choose unhealthy foods and limits our options. By removing all this regulation, the free market will correct these issues. Some people will eat unhealthy foods, but this brings us back to personal accountability. If you are drinking soda, eating fried foods, doing cocaine, or getting tons of body modifications, then that is your problem, not the mine, and not the government's.
President Trump has said:
We can't let our enemies use the technicalities of the constitution to hold us back. We have to continue to push forward while in power, otherwise we will be sidelined, and they will make sure we will never have another chance at this.