Is lead polluted toys, arsenic flavored drinking water, and lead polluted air good for you?
No one is talking about completely dismantling consumer protection, just cutting out cumbersome, bureaucratic regulation that goes too far and does nothing but act as a drag on the parts of the economy that actually
produce (unlike bureaucrats and lawyers, who produce nothing).
Ron Paul would be a huge step in the right direction. Keep in mind, congress would still be the "status quo" lifers that are there now, so it's not like he as president could change things radically... he would just be in a position to influence things in the right direction.