Biden’s Terrible Legacy: A Tsunami Of
Growth-Killing Regulations
Posted By: RockyTCB, 1/7/2025 9:06:22 AM
On Joe Biden’s first day in office, he signed a raft of executive orders, one of which we said was “almost entirely overlooked but could easily end up having the biggest impact.” Turns out we were right. The executive order – “Modernizing Regulatory Review” – would, we predicted, “unleash the regulatory state with a ferocity never before seen in this country.” With this one executive order, Biden shows that he’s intent on giving regulators carte blanche to impose massive new rules on businesses and households, on virtually anything and everything they do, regardless of costs. There’s little else Biden has done so
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On Joe Biden’s first day in office, he signed a raft of executive orders, one of which we said was “almost entirely overlooked but could easily end up having the biggest impact.”
Turns out we were right.
The executive order – “Modernizing Regulatory Review” – would, we predicted, “unleash the regulatory state with a ferocity never before seen in this country.”
With this one executive order, Biden shows that he’s intent on giving regulators carte blanche to impose massive new rules on businesses and households, on virtually anything and everything they do, regardless of costs. There’s little else Biden has done so
Biden’s Boondoggles Boggle The Mind
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Is This The Beginning Of A Terror Wave?
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[snip] Is this the beginning of a wave of terror attacks inside the U.S.?
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I&I/TIPP Poll 39 replies
Proposed Transgender Ban In Military:
I&I/TIPP Poll 39 replies
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Democrats for Being ‘Too Reflexively Anti-Republican’ 18 replies
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