Obama reacts to oppressive regulations

Remember earlier this year when the President told Americans that he had instructed his administration to review all regulations as he had discovered that excessive federal regulations actually hurt business, the economy, and jobs?  On Tuesday of this week, the administration, through Cass Sunstein, from the White House Office of Management and Budget, proudly released…

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Obama’s “regulatory” review

I must confess that I was a bit skeptical when the President, during the State of the Union Address, advised that he would instruct all federal agencies to review existing regulations to eliminate those that placed “unreasonable burdens on businesses”. And, my skepticism wasn’t eased when, shortly thereafter, the EPA decided that dairy farmers needed to…

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Obama’s stance on federal regulations

We did a post last week about President Obama’s new executive order concerning federal regulations. He has declared that all federal agencies review their regulations with an eye toward eliminating those that impose “unreasonable burdens on business–burdens that have a chilling effect on growth and jobs”. He will, no doubt, tout this during his State of…

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