[MtnClimber]

I hope Elon and Vivek look into the cost of the regulatory state.

[PeterPrinciple]

An Auburn University study says every single regulator destroys fully 138 private sector jobs every year you keep him on the job.

With nearly 300,000 federal regulators, the shock is that we still have any jobs at all.

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But in their way of thinking every regulator creates 138 government associated jobs.

The issues is private or government.

[marktwain]

Drive along American highways and notice thousands of abandoned gas stations.

That was the work of the EPA. Thousands of independent gas stations went out of business because of EPA mandates.

[fella]

Correct me if I’m wrong, Doesn’t our Constitution say that only the legislature can make our laws and not a ravenous pack of unionized executive bureaucrats?

[econjack]

While I was in grad school, one of my friends went to work for a new agency in DC. He had been there about 4 months when the head came in and said:

Let your inbox stack increase over the next few days. I tell you when to resume normal work.

Everyone did as they were told. About three days later, there was a "surprise" visit by the GAO. Their visit was to assess whether more staff were needed, which they assume were since the administrator pointed to the overflowing inboxes stating that the "workload was overbearing".

My friend said you learn quickly that your status in DC depends on how many workers you control. Since there's no reward to being efficient, you concentrate on increasing staff.

The agency was the EPA, which now employs 16,204 people. And, with Congress ignoring their responsibility of Congressional oversite, the EPA continues to issue more new regulations all the time without check causing it to grow even larger. This is a double-whammy since you pay the salaries for the new people and for the increased cost of producing things.

[TBP]

Only 38? Slackers!

[central_va]

Jobs given out to H-1b visa holders?