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Bureaucracy and more expense. >> its like this trust busting is becoming a bank buster for us. >> but its good for the lawyers. thank you gary. good luck to you. >> thank you very much. john: i have to say that the ftc is one more example of a largely useless government agency that only grows that began with 144 of leaves and now it has 12,000. they all grow and we pay for that. when i started consumer reporting, i thought the federal trade commission, that is where it should go or consumer info...

Is becoming a bank buster for áñ us. >> but it is good for the lawyers. thank you gary engel. good luck to you. >> thank you very much, john. >> the fcc is one more champ of a largely use will feel government agency that only grows. began with 144 employees. now it has 12,000. they grow and you pay for them. when i started consumer reporting i thought the federal trade admission thats where i should go for consumer information. they were supposed to go to the consumer complaints but usually th...

I know i can trust my passengers and they trust me because we rate each other. room renting sites like room-a-rama because of a reputation they establish onned web. the feedback keeps improving. movie ratings restaurant use et cetera. even google all by itself offers more consumer protection than i provided in 20-years of consumer reporting. and more consumer protection. we need some protection but most government and consumer regulation is harmful because it stops entrepreneurs from trying new ...

Punished bad ones competition protects consumers better than government. so i really should put these emmys in the garbage. i got these because economically ignorant people give out these awards. they love regulation and big government. i should be ashamed of these. fortunately, i read more economics, i discovered recent magazine i became a libertarian. suddenly i saw the wonderful things that happened when government leaves us alone. now i should also say that libertarians dont claim that all c...

John: often what we think we know it is not so. i looked up my years of consumer reporting and i wrote a book about it but now since then i have researchers here of this also show so the myths keep coming for example, the full moon makes people crazy. people who work in emergency rooms say we have more accidents and action when i have a full moon. cops still be with the beautiful people are crazier but the truth is of the past 20 years dozens of studies have searched for the effect yes for the t...

John: often what we think we know it is not so. i looked up my years of consumer reporting and i wrote a book about it but now since then i have researchers here of this also show so the myths keep coming for example, the full moon makes people crazy. people who work in emergency rooms say we have more accidents and action when i have a full moon. cops still be with the beautiful people are crazier but the truth is of the past 20 years dozens of studies have searched for the effect yes for the t...

Often what we think we know is not so. thats what i learned in my years of consumer reporting. i wrote that book about it. now, since then ive got six crack researchers here on the stossel show so the myths keep coming. for example, a full moon makes people crazy. lots of americans believe that. people working in hospital emergency rooms say oh, yeah, we got more accidents, more action the night of a full moon. cops tell me when the moon is full, people are crazier. the truth, over the past 20 y...

Time as we are seeing right now with over 8 percent unemployment. those folks who are out of work to work more incidents of illness and there are rules and regulations costly to our economy and add very little benefit to the environ pment. >> after years of consumer reporting i came around to the same conclusion but i assume when you say this to most people they say what are you talking about? the epa it makes america cleaner and that has to be good for our health. >> if you take a look at where...

Ofe tim wover 8% unemployment, those folk who is are out of work but want to go to work -- of illness, hospitalizations and premature death because of the incredible number of rules and regulations that are costly to our economy and add very little benefit to the environment. >> after years of consumer reporting, i came around to the same conclusion. but i assume when you say this to most people, they say, what are you talking any? the epa makes the world cleaner, makes america cleaner and that ...

When people lose their jobs and are out of work for long periods of time wer 8% unemployment, those folk who is are out of work but want to go to work -- of illness, hospitalizations and premature death because of the incredible number of rules and regulations that are costly to our economy and add very little benefit to the environment. >> after years of consumer reporting, i came around to the same conclusion. but i assume when you say this to most people, they say, what are you talking any? t...