Posted on 12/15/2017 6:38:41 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
With a pair of gold scissors in hand, President Trump on Thursday cut a large piece of red tape at the White House that symbolized his administration’s efforts to roll back regulations on businesses.
“Instead of eliminating two old regulations for every new regulation, we have eliminated 22. Twenty-two — that’s a big difference,” Trump told reporters, referencing his January 30 executive order. “We aimed for two-for-one, and in 2017 we hit 22-for-one.”
The president tweeted out a video of him cutting the red tape during the White House event promoting the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, explaining, “In 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations. Today there are over 185,000 pages, as seen in the Roosevelt Room. Today, we CUT THE RED TAPE! It is time to SET FREE OUR DREAMS and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
The president said the administration’s efforts are “the most far reaching regulatory reform in history.”
In a statement released after Trump’s remarks, the White House said agencies have issued 67 deregulatory actions while imposing only three new regulations.
The president insisted the current regulations in place “do the job better than all of the other regulations, and they allow us to build and create jobs and do what we have to do.” He said his administration is reducing the size, scope and cost of federal regulations, which he maintained has already yielded “incredible results.” (Politico)
“By ending excessive regulation, we are defending democracy and draining the swamp,” Trump said.
“The never-ending growth of red tape in America has come to a sudden, screeching and beautiful halt,” he added.
Another promise kept...... secret by the donkey controlled media.
I’d like to see a list of the regs that have been cut.
Whole departments need to be eliminated. Whole buildings and properties belonging to regulating agencies need to be emptied and sold. Standards for remaining employees need to be sky high, with performance evaluations.
Awesome. Add tax cuts to corps and maybe I can buy more American made goods.
I just watched have a quick little press conference on the White House lawn. Gangsta! No fear.
Oh, to hear the awesome desperate sucking sounds of the Leeches! Burn ‘em all off, PawPaw!
Awesome Mr. President. Now...start firing bureaucrats who come up with this crap. Start closing the departments that hire the bureaucrats who come up with this crap and then start moving departments out of DC and spread them all over the country. Get the ‘rat swamp dwellers out of VA!
AMEN
AMEN
Go Trump! We love winning!
“The never-ending growth of red tape in America has come to a sudden, screeching and beautiful halt,” he added.
Oh my, what an optic! I love this guy.
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