Posted on 02/01/2017 3:28:36 AM PST by IBD editorial writer
“William Gale of the left-of-center Brookings Institution complained that “there’s no logic to this.”
Spoken like a true lifetime career government worker.
To some extent, I agree. Rather than tying regulatory repeal to new regulations, President Trump’s Cabinet should supervise a systematic review of existing regulations. They should then order a blanket repeal of all regulations that are not (1) still useful, and (2) worth more than they cost. Allow a 90 day comment period for those who think the Ctrl-Left created something useful, so they can rescue a few of their most beloved government mandates and demands.
Regulation has the full force of law after it is entered in the Federal Register for 30 days....
Both Criminal and Civil Penalities fully apply....
You can have a fully armormed SWAT team kick down your door and either take your life or arrest you and haul you off to jail.....
If Congress passes it or lets the agencies write it.....
Whats the difference to us the Citizens?
No Sophie’s Choice. CUT ‘EM ALL!
Public Citizen head Robert Weissman called Trump’s order “unworkable,” “harmful,” “unprecedented and untested,” and “horrifying.”
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Isn’t Public Citizen Ralph Naders commie group? As far as “unworkable” I read that as paralyzing new reg creation... BONUS.
Awe of our regulations is GOOD!
EVER SINGLE one of ‘em!!
WE NEEDS more and more and more and more................
Anyone who thinks cutting regulations is hard or dangerous needs to be in a startup that grows from 4 people to 250+. And then things go bad and you have to go back down to 150 people (layoff regulations are even worse than hiring regulations). Not every regulation is about poison in drinking water.
Pay special attention when you’ve got 30 people and try to get a contract with the government or a fortune 500 company (you’re usually required to meet BIG company regulations for these contracts). Big competitors LOVE regulations because when you have 1000+ people you already have the lawyers, HR, etc, to deal with the regulations (and changes to them) and can do all the required reports and deal with things like a key employee being out 6 weeks for parental leave.
Just as there are books about stupid laws I am sure there are existing lists of stupid regulations. It should be easy to compile a long list of them. Actually, congress should get rid of the most ridiculous first to make that job a little more challenging.
The oligarchy doesn’t like competition, and regulations serve them by keeping innovators out. That needs to change. Innovation needs to happen. Competition needs to happen. And it needs to happen here, not elsewhere.
The American people have a Constitution that guarantees free trade between the states. Free trade outside the USA is not protected at all. Sometime the people have to look out for themselves. It is not just coroprations that have all the rights.
Exactly.
To me, “greedy corporation” is shorthand for “I am a slobbering, dogmatic, liberal dimwit and my opinion isn’t worth a cup of steaming dog droppings”.
>>My only concern is that Trump’s directive may be rather easily end-runned by simply combining language from two old regulations into one new one.
A little word-smithing and voila, Leviathan continues it’s iron grip on Americans. <<
I don’t think or his appointees will suffer end-runs lightly.
>>“William Gale of the left-of-center Brookings Institution complained that “there’s no logic to this.”
Spoken like a true lifetime career government worker.<<
It is like asking an Australian bartender for a Brandy Alexander (a ‘la “the Simpsons”) — everything comes out “beer.”
The main reason corporations love regulations is because it prevents new business from entering the field and competing with them. The bar to entry is set so high that the expense of jumping over that hurdle is often prohibitive.
It doesn’t have to just be a corporation. In most states, in order to cut hair, you have to have 1200-1600 hours of training. This costs anywhere from $6500 to $20,000. This is more training than most EMTs are required to have. Do you think it’s because cutting hair takes greater skill or is more important? I don’t. I think it’s to keep Joe Schmoe or Jane Doe from opening a barber shop or salon in their basement and putting the chains or the posh salons out of business.
Actually those who proclaim themselves as "non-greedy" will be the first in line to denounce the cutting of regulations.
It’s also a jobs program in that state technical colleges (at least in my state) have hair & nail tech associates degree programs. So machine tool technology and welding programs have to compete for resources with hair & nail tech programs, and of course those being full of manly male students, and the other, female, Title IX pressure keeps the mney alootted to each fairly equal. Now, consider the cost of a fully equipped modern machine shop versus a hair salon, and tell me hw that is fair.
Lol, “mainly” male, though rather manly as well.
Interesting (and likely true!) observation, Harmless Teddy Bear!
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