Compliance costs are part of the consequences of a regulation. If a regulation is a net gain then you’re not exhausting resources, you’re expanding what’s available.
Consider the vehicle safety regulations, for example. If they’re good, then the lives saved and injuries avoided outweigh the costs. The newspaper benefits from this by paying for fewer medical and funeral bills for on-the-job crashes, and that savings will be greater than the added cost to the vehicles.
Consider the vehicle safety regulations, for example. If they’re good, then the lives saved and injuries avoided outweigh the costs. The newspaper benefits from this by paying for fewer medical and funeral bills for on-the-job crashes, and that savings will be greater than the added cost to the vehicles.