Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Our house, while not in order, is not a house of cards (Andrew Maggard, "An economic house of cards," Oct. 11 Readers Write). A lot of wind is wasted on regulation, yet specifically what regulation does he suggest we eliminate and how much will it save by doing so? What will it cost?

Regulations are put in place to control and protect. Business and industry proved they could not regulate themselves, so someone had to. Drugs, food, senior care, financial institutions, even toys have killed or maimed. When profit is weighed against human suffering, profit often wins. Penn State’s $80 million in football profits versus the young boys comes to mind. Some regulations may be outdated or excessive and need visiting, but without details rather than page counts, is just wind.

Unfunded liabilities … $120 trillion, really? Numbers I find are under a hundred but O.K., still too big a number to wrap the average mind around. So please let me rephrase it....