Click on this link to read a Sarasota Herald-Tribune article (6-5-11) about moves by Florida's governor, Rick Scott, to remove consumer protections from businesses such as telemarketers, auto mechanics, movers, travel agents, and other industries. For example, Scott questions the value of the work of the Division of Standards that regulates carnival games, taxi meters, and weight scales. Are his moves beneficial attempts to free up businesses from the labyrinthine network of codes and rules that add paperwork and cut into profits? Or is he naive in trusting these businesses to police themselves, despite a notorious record for fraud that led to the codes being put in place? Is Scott like a modern day Ayn Rand, striving to restore individual liberty from the oppressive weight of government control? Or is inviting a return to Sinclair Lewis' The Jungle?
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