regulation

Some might recall searching for “pirate treasure” in their youth, hoping to come across an abandoned gold mine brimming with wealth, or even finding a path to candy land.

For those who don’t pay particularly close attention to politics – those on the Left lie. A LOT.

The wildfires devastating California are terrible, but they are not a new phenomenon.

The relatively brief history of the Internet – is a quarter-century visual aide of how the Left looks to over-regulate things.

In the era of self-driving cars, big data and increasingly sophisticated bio-medical advances, the age-old question of how regulation can keep up with technology is more relevant than ever.

Over 35 years ago during the 1981-82 recession, Billy Joel released “Allentown” about the plight of this Pennsylvania town. 

The FDA recently announced a plan to move forward to develop a regulation that would mandate a reduction in nicotine in combustible cigarettes to a very low level. The FDA justified the move by stating that such a mandate could help current smokers quit, and prevent experimental users from becoming regular smokers.

Before last year’s year-end tax reform success – there were in fact precedent legislative achievements by this Congress.

We have very many times discussed the very many unilateral power grabs of the very many Executive Branch departments, agencies, commissions and boards.

The swamp can be traced in large part to the “administrative state.” The administrative state was first proposed by Woodrow Wilson as an answer to complex governmental operations.

In President Donald Trump’s “Contract with the American Voter”, a key component is a pledge to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses, their employees, and consumers, and there appears to be solid public support for this policy change.

Much has been made about the unprecedented number of Obama Administration “midnight regulations,” those rules issued between Election Day and the Trump inauguration.

Donald Trump will on Friday be sworn in to succeed President Barack Obama. Trump is the incoming – in large part because he repeatedly promised to undo much of what has been done by the outgoing.