그러나 합리적인 질문은 완전히 불합리한 답변으로 맞닥뜨렸습니다. 증인들은 말을 더듬으면서도 규제 조치에 대한 비용을 업계가 아닌 정부가 부담해야 한다고 주장했습니다. 그들은 왜 그렇게 단호했을까요?

But a reasonable question was met with complete unreasonableness, or so it seemed to me. Even as they stumbled over their words, the witnesses insisted that the government, not the industry, should pay for regulatory measures. Why were they so adamant?