Mining Disasters and the Law

We live in a society where bolstered rhetoric in Congress is not backed by the local sheriff. The answer always given is manpower. We have plenty of manpower to stop free speech on street corner soap boxes, we have enough manpower to trek onto farms and root out drug nests and there seems plenty of manpower to chase Mexicans illegal immigrants across our country.

So why is there not enough manpower to stop manufacturers from abusing labor laws.
Because coal is a valuable commodity mine owners pay lobbyists to lobby Congress to keep the law at bay while Congress gives us bolstered rhetoric. Once there is a disaster then Congress and the mine owners come to the forefront with bolstered rhetoric in tears.