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Obama’s war on red tape
LA Times ^
| April 28, 2013
| Doyle McManus
Posted on 04/28/2013 8:09:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didnt know about:
- Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleevetechnically a vapor recovery nozzlewas required by the EPA to keep gasoline vapors from leaking into the air. But most cars and trucks now have technology that does the job better, so last year the EPA abolished the nozzle requirement. Because each sleeve-equipped nozzle can cost as much as $300, the change will save gas stations thousands of dollars.
- Ever apply for financial aid for a child heading for college? Until 2010, the application formthe Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSAwas a parents nightmare. (I write from personal experience here.)
The new FAFSA still asks too many questions116, compared to 127 on the old onebut its a big improvement.
- Ever come back from a trip overseas, only to find yourself stuck in a horrifyingly long line at immigration control? Now theres a program called Global Entry that allows frequent travelers to undergo a pre-screening process
. This program actually started under George W. Bush, but the Obama administration has expanded it big time. Ive tried it, and it works.
All three stories are examples of a little-recognized push by the Obama administration to streamline federal regulations. Until last year, the effort was led by Cass Sunstein, who ran an obscure corner of the Washington bureaucracy called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: obama; overregulation; redtape; tokenrepeals
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Kind of a lame way to whitewash Cass Sunstein, yes?
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:09:36 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:11:41 PM PDT
by
what's up
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:13:07 PM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Constitution? What Constitution?)
To: Olog-hai
Streamline 100 regulations and publish 20,000 more.
Sure, we really believe that Cass Sunstein has the good of the country in his heart-—NOT!!!
LA Times propaganda.
To: Olog-hai
Okay, I had to make sure this wasn’t a Semi-News/Semi-Satire thread.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:14:47 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Nachum
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:15:47 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Olog-hai
Truly the stuff of giants.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:15:48 PM PDT
by
ansel12
(Civilization, Crusade against the Mohammedan Death Cult)
To: Olog-hai
The article was written by the some Obama Administration public relations flack. The so called “journalist” obediently put his name on the article as ordered. It is nothing but shameful, dishonest lying.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:16:34 PM PDT
by
detective
To: Olog-hai
In other news, Hitler is in a war against anti-semetism...
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:19:12 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
To: Olog-hai; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Re:
Ever come back from a trip overseas, only to find yourself stuck in a horrifyingly long line at immigration control? Now theres a program called Global Entry that allows frequent travelers to undergo a pre-screening process
. This program actually started under George W. Bush, but the Obama administration has expanded it big time. Ive tried it, and it works. Yes, praise Allah that Obama had that red tape further reduced! Otherwise... I'd never got back in the US after my visit to Dagestan!
Gadzooks! That Obama just keeps on... serving us!
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:22:13 PM PDT
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:22:36 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Olog-hai
“Ever struggle with those accordion-like rubber sleeves on the nozzles at gas stations?”
Nope. You’d think this Democrat could keep his purse out of the way when he’s filling up his Chevy Volt. He probably has his wife open up his frapacino, too.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:25:45 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Army Air Corps
Okay, I had to make sure this wasnt a Semi-News/Semi-Satire thread.Well... it certainly wasn't 'semi'.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:27:58 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: House Atreides
Streamline 100 regulations and publish 20,000 more.Sounds very similar to Obama's sequester.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:30:08 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: detective
The article was written by the some Obama Administration public relations flack.Or fluke.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:31:16 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Bender2
"In case of a terrorist attack, the best place to hide is in your stove."
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:36:21 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Army Air Corps
Let’s see... they simplify a 3 things and give us miles of regulations for doctors, insurance companies, hospitals, coal mines, power plants, and small businesses.
What a con job.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:39:06 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The Obama "List" at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
This whole (mis)administration is a con job.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:40:46 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Olog-hai
Now theres a program called Global Entry that allows -terrorists- to undergo a pre-screening process
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:46:27 PM PDT
by
Mortrey
(Impeach President Soros)
To: Olog-hai
20+ page application for Obamacare.
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posted on
04/28/2013 8:49:45 PM PDT
by
kabar
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