[Hunton Peck]

Well, at least someone's proposing to do something about regulators gone wild....

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

My hero!

[lurk]

This is a very good idea, as a start.

The next step is to de-fund these pernicious agencies.

[pleikumud]

Good idea!

[AU72]

I would love the next President upon his Swearing In to do a reverse of the standard Change of Command Line:

All rules and orders issued by the Office of the President since 1/21/09 are voided.

[DManA]

A good start would be to roll back every regulation promulgated in the last 2 1/2 years.

[ZULU]

He should start with ATF.

[DManA]

Even more importantly we need to rein in the power of the Federal bureaucracies to rule like petty tyrants. In many cases they have become legislature, judge, jury, and executioner.

How in the HELL does the EPA have the power ON THEIR OWN to destroy the US economy?

[Mikey_1962]

My pet peeve: EPA is able to reject a proposal if it doesn't pass an Environmental Impact Study.

But they can shut down 20% of our coal fired electricity without and Economic impact study.

[GeronL]

It’ll never happen of course. It’ll take decades to do the damage of Obama, let alone the last 20 years.

[dalebert]

yes

[dalebert]

yes

[Dead Corpse]

Another vote for "good start". Take every Federal regulation and run it up against a plain reading of Art 1 Sec 8. Anything that doesn't match up DIRECTLY gets tossed.

Then go back through and do it again with the Bill of Rights.

Then one more time with the BoR and State regulations.

Then we'll be back on track...

[New Jersey Realist]

Lame idea but it does get attention.

[Red Badger]

Democrats counter that regulations are necessary to protect the public from greed, irresponsibility and recklessness.

I didn't know we needed protection from 'greed'. Irresponsibility and recklessness is a part of personal responsibility.............

[Little Ray]

I’m sure there are regulations I might like in that period, but I’d be happy to give ‘em up I could eliminate 20 years of regulations!

[Pecos]

I have a simple, yet surprisingly Constitutional answer to the problem: Make Congress vote on each and every new or changed regulation that federal regulating bodies enforce. As it is now, Congress completely gets off the hook when a federal agency is out of control. They have totally blurred the line between the legislative branch and the executive branch - and have already allowed the courts to make and eliminate laws.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

See also: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2011/09/this-weeks-applied-hayek-epa-edition.php

Absolutely on point.

[zeugma]

I’ve long advocated rolling back the entirety of the law to 1910. If it wasn’t against the law then, they need to come up with a damn good reason for it to be against the law now. Also, all laws and regulations should sunset every 5 or 10 years, and require specific authorization by congress to re-enact them.

[SandRat]

I agree, but why stop at 20 years? Go for the last 40 years.

[Doulos1]

HELL, YES!
HELL, YES!
HELL, YES!