[lsbskins1]

In another thread, I asserted my belief that government regulation of markets is a perfectly legitamate natural market force when that regulation is based on the majority will of the people, who are the consumers of all the products of a market. It is right and good to oppose top down regulation of markets when the government is not subject to the will of the people but it is not right and good to oppose regulation of markets when that regulation's actual source is the will of the consumer. So, if the majority of the consuming populace believes that a business should not be allowed to sell toys that are covered in lead paint, why must they wait for unnecessary damages to health and well being to know which toys not to buy, when they can pass a law and make the market respond ahead of the damage?