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New EPA rules push regulatory costs past $1 trillion, $3,080 per person
Washington Examiner ^ | 12/1/16 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 12/01/2016 6:20:53 PM PST by george76

The new implementation of EPA rules on heavy trucks has boosted the 10-year regulatory burden on America past $1 trillion, 75 percent of which have been imposed by the Obama administration.

That amounts to a one-time charge of $3,080 per person, or an annual cost of $540

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each year every person, regardless of age, in the nation is responsible for paying roughly $540 in regulatory costs. These burdens might take the form of higher prices, fewer jobs, or reduced wages," said AAF's Sam Batkins

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The staggering amount is likely to surge even higher as President Obama scrambles to lock in several environmental regulations before leaving office. He has already broken records for new regulations and added red tape this year and still has 50 days in office.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: epa; epaoutofcontrol; eparules; redtape; regulations; regulatorycosts; taxes

1 posted on 12/01/2016 6:20:53 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

And they can all be undone with the stroke of a pen.


2 posted on 12/01/2016 6:22:24 PM PST by henkster
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To: george76

They will be over ruled in mass by Trump on a single piece of paper!!


3 posted on 12/01/2016 6:22:27 PM PST by WENDLE (Sanctuary cities are OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE!! That is a FELONY!! Ask Nixon!!)
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To: henkster

And had better be!


4 posted on 12/01/2016 6:24:39 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

we are watching. hope its on his easy to-do list.


5 posted on 12/01/2016 6:26:39 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: henkster

That better carry the weight of dismissal if EPA people continue to enforce “regulations” that are cancelled out.


6 posted on 12/01/2016 6:27:31 PM PST by Tench_Coxe (For every Allende, there is a Pinochet)
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To: george76
The author of all the regulations who wants to stick it to the the white man before he leaves office:


7 posted on 12/01/2016 6:33:18 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: george76

Anything that can be “locked” can be “unlocked”.


8 posted on 12/01/2016 6:37:35 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: george76

Democrats attitude is, “That’s OK, It’s someone else’s money.”


9 posted on 12/01/2016 6:39:38 PM PST by Sasparilla (I Am Not Tired Of Winning)
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To: george76

10 posted on 12/01/2016 6:44:57 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy is the backup QB to a dictatorship)
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To: george76

We need to all get down on our knees and give thanks that we have someone assuming office in a matter of days that can undo the evil that so many fools granted an unworthy man 4 and 8 years ago.

It could have irreversible if Hillary had won.


11 posted on 12/01/2016 6:47:51 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Man, the body language of those two just says it all, doesn’t it?

Trump can just barely contain his disdain for that worthless sack of sh!t.


12 posted on 12/01/2016 7:01:32 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: george76

Why is the establishment even going through these motions? It’s so stupid, like nothing is going to happen, such as they are in deep denial?

I just can’t wait to see the EPA gutted and reverted back to it’s original intent.

I wanna see the MSM and everyone throw a bigger tantrum than they did for losing the election.

I wanna see the Clintons in Leavenworth, and Soros in some Siberian gulag.


13 posted on 12/01/2016 7:11:57 PM PST by redfreedom (The nation has been saved. Thank you Dear Lord. Long live President Trump!)
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To: george76
F U B O !

14 posted on 12/01/2016 7:21:41 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Oh I’m sure it is on his FIRST 200 DAYS list. :-)


15 posted on 12/01/2016 7:33:02 PM PST by nopardons
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To: henkster

I met a coworker at Panera bread yesterday. Several folks were talking at the next table about Obama adding new regulations and exec orders. I held up my pen and said that Trump was going to run out of ink canceling them.


16 posted on 12/01/2016 7:37:50 PM PST by cyclotic (Democrats haven't been this mad since we freed their slaves)
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To: george76

Disband the EPA. Let them all get real jobs.


17 posted on 12/01/2016 7:39:05 PM PST by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: beethovenfan

“Federal employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have been instructed to stop defecating in the hallway of a regional office in Denver, Colo.” How is that working out? That was 2014. Did it work?


18 posted on 12/01/2016 8:02:05 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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