by Chad Moutray. Choking out small business. Manufacturing leaders, like many other Americans, have been frustrated with the slow pace of growth so far this year, particularly in the first quarter. While manufacturers are mostly upbeat about demand and output over the coming months, they also remain somewhat tentative in their ... MORE
Showing posts with label red tape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red tape. Show all posts
Federal Regulations Cost US Businesses $2 Trillion
by Chad Moutray. Choking out small business. Manufacturing leaders, like many other Americans, have been frustrated with the slow pace of growth so far this year, particularly in the first quarter. While manufacturers are mostly upbeat about demand and output over the coming months, they also remain somewhat tentative in their ... MOREWhy Illinois Medical Marijuana Patients Still Have No Meds
by Zenon Evans. Good Intentions made a big splash
last year when it opened its doors as the first medical marijuana
clinic in not just Chicago but the entire state of Illinois. The
business launched just days after Gov. Pat Quinn signed the
Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. One
problem:
There was no medical marijuana. ... MOREDan Mitchell: America's Ever-Expanding Regulation Swamp
An economy tangled in red tape. Maybe I’m biased because I mostly work on fiscal policy, but it certainly seems feasible to come up with rough estimates for the damage caused by onerous taxes and excessive spending. On a personal level, for instance, we have a decent idea of how much the government takes from us and we know ... MOREVIDEO: More Companies Closing Than Opening
Obamanomics: Crushing private enterprise with regulation.
Editorial: A Banner Season For Government Red Tape
Regulation, the anti-stimulus. Democrats and Republicans in Congress can’t seem to agree on the time of day. But that’s not stopping the executive branch when it comes to cranking out red tape. When it comes to federal regulations, the Obama administration is setting productivity records. According to an April 16 report in the ... MOREHow Excessive Regulation Victimizes Average Americans
by James Gattuso and Diane Katz. In his State of the Union address earlier this year, President Obama vowed to wield his executive powers when faced with congressional resistance to his legislative agenda: “America does not stand still – and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation … that’s what I .... MOREFlood Of Regulations Coming From Obama Administration
by Brian Wingfield. Over the next 12 months, the Obama administration is due to issue regulations governing everything from e-cigarettes to smoke-stack emissions in what experts predict will be a second-term rush to put rules in place before leaving office. “In every administration, these things have to be wrapped up in at least ... MORECarl Campanile: Docs Resisting ObamaCare Like Plague
They know bad medicine when they see it. New York doctors are treating ObamaCare like the plague, a new survey reveals. A poll conducted by the New York State Medical Society finds that 44 percent of MDs said they are not participating in the nation’s new health-care plan. Another 33 percent say they’re still not sure whether to ... MOREObamaCare Regulations Consist Of 10,516 Pages
Eight times longer than the Bible. Since
March 2010, when President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its companion Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA), the administration has published
in the Federal Register 109 final regulations governing how Obamacare
will be implemented. ... MORE
These regulations add up to 10,516 pages in the Federal Register—or more than eight times as many pages as there are in the Gutenberg Bible, which has 642 two-sided leaves or 1,286 pages.
- See more at: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/obamacare-regulations-are-8-times-longer-bible#sthash.MpK9TxBm.dpuf
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Thomas Sowell - The Art Of The Impossible
Someone called politics "the art of the possible." But, in the era of
the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the
impossible. Those people morbid enough to keep track of politicians' promises may
remember how Barack Obama said that ObamaCare would lower medical costs
-- and lots of people bought it. But if you ... MOREObamaCare Forces Companies To Think About Lay Offs
by Julie Weed, NY Times. The company is one of thousands of small businesses that employ more than 50 full-time employees and thus will be required to offer health insurance to their workers — or pay into a government fund — beginning Jan. 1. Rachel Shein and Steve Pilarski, the married owners of the bakery, which employs 95 people, ... MORE
Founder: Subway Would Not Exist If Started Today
Company would have been strangled by regulations. The founder of Subway restaurants is slamming the government for
harsh regulations he says hurt small businesses, saying he would not
have been able to successfully start his company in today's climate. Fred Deluca told CNBC Wednesday that he believes government
regulations are ... MOREJohn Stossel: Shopping Around For A Better Life
Thanks, California! Thanks for your monstrous spending and absurd regulatory overreach! America needs you. We need Connecticut and Illinois, too! We need you the way we needed the Soviet Union, as models of failure, to warn us what happens if we believe those who say, "Government can." Moving to California was once the dream for many Americans. ... MOREJohn Stossel: No Regulation? No Problem
Laissez-faire, anyone? In the short time since President Obama was re-elected, government has issued hundreds of new regulations. The bureaucrats never stop. There are now more than 170,000 pages of federal regulations. President Obama wants still more rules. Cheering on increased financial regulation, he said, "We've got to keep moving forward." ... MOREStranded Sandy Victims Tangled In FEMA Red Tape
by Joe Schoffstall. Nearly two months after homes in Staten Island, NY were devastated by Hurricane Sandy, residents say they’re still struggling with red tape as they try to get the government to help. FEMA “really hasn’t done much, if anything, and they’re making people go through a whole bunch of bureaucratic tape,” one resident told MRCTV. ... MOREObama Announces New Wave Of Proposed Regulations
by Dave Boyer. After taking criticism for missing an October deadline, the Obama administration Friday released its list of proposed government-wide regulations that it plans to consider in the next year. The administration put out its notice, called the unified regulatory agenda, online around 3 p.m. on the Friday before Christmas, after most ... MORENYers Say FEMA Ignored Obama's Cut Red Tape Pledge
"FEMA ain't doing nothing." Storm-ravaged New Yorkers say President Obama’s promise to cut red tape and get them aid in the aftermath of Sandy has proven to be hot air. Angry citizens vented at FEMA officials at a town hall meeting held by the disaster relief agency Thursday, with tempers boiling over. Some 1,000 people, ... MORE
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