[Alberta's Child]

What critics of deregulation fail to mention, however, is that it is greedy corporations that are likely to be one of Trump's biggest opponents when it comes to dismantling, or even taming, the federal government's massively complex and enormously expensive regulatory state.

Of course they fail to mention it. The three advocacy groups mentioned at the top of the article include the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Brookings Institution, and Public Citizen. Without even doing any research I can almost guarantee you that all of these non-profit groups get huge contributions from the same corporations that are opposed to Trump's changes in Federal regulations.

Not only that, but the contributions these corporations make to various "public interest" groups are done for the sole purpose of lobbying in a way that hides the true intentions of the donor.

I come across this nonsense all of the time in the trucking industry. Whenever Congress or the USDOT considers changes in legislation or regulations that offers some improvement in operating efficiency for the trucking industry, there is a flood of public comments from various "highway safety groups" opposing the changes -- and these groups are heavily funded by the railroad industry.

[BroJoeK]

"...and these groups are heavily funded by the railroad industry."

Thanks for a great post.
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.