The 110th Congress should
- complete the economic deregulation agenda, .focus on substantive regulatory legislation, evaluate proposed regulations against a broad range of standards in addition to the benefit/cost standard,
- broaden the guarantee of just compensation to all property owners who are mandated to provide a public benefit, and
- approve an omnibus regulatory reform act and a congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis only if Congress reasserts its authority to approve all final rules.
There is no such thing as an "unregulated" market. The question is not whether there will be regulation, but who will regulate?
Should there be "regulations" against selling apples for $100.00 a piece? There already are: it's called "consumer choice." Anyone attempting to sell apples for $100 when the competition is selling apples for one dollar a pound, consumer "regulation" will force the high-priced seller out of business. No fines, no prison terms: regulation by free competition.
Regulation Red Herring | Foundation for Economic Education
America became the most prosperous and admired nation in history, with the highest standard of living in history, because Americans were self-regulating. We governed ourselves according to the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God," and we were free not to deal with those who did not. Choice and competition in the hands of a moral and religious people regulate the economy. We appropriately credit our prosperity to Divine Providence, the work of the "Invisible Hand."
Regulation: Government Intervention
- The USDA is debating the proper size of holes in Swiss cheese
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- Nutrition Summit this week is the beginning of a 'War on Fatty Foods'
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- Are Americans too dumb to fry an egg? New egg warning label suggests we are
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- Is this the silliest federal regulation ever? NHTSA mandates seatbelts on golf carts
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- Are sweepstakes contests really "deceptive"? Or do government lawyers just think we're dumb?
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- Health official apologizes after kids' lemonade stand shut down - Sacramento Bee
- We can all laugh at silly government regulations.
Until a government agent walks in your front door and tells you
- A lien has been put on your house
Your wages are being garnished
Your business will have to close for 120 days
You will be fined $10,000 per day
You are going to be locked in prison with a sociopathic felon for one year.
- All for violating an arbitrary government regulation that defies common sense and logic.
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