Obama Has Written Fewer Regulations Than Bush

Bloomberg:

President Barack Obama's "tsunami" of new government regulations looks more like a summer swell.

Obama's White House has approved fewer regulations than his predecessor George W. Bush at this same point in their tenures, and the estimated costs of those rules haven't reached the annual peak set in fiscal 1992 under Bush's father, according to government data reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Read the whole story: Bloomberg

Comments

[Pleroma]

12:15 AM on 10/27/2011

So Obama is actually to the right of Bush. There are a great many things a black Democrat can accomplish for the ruling class that no white Republican would attempt.

[inLA]

04:39 PM on 10/26/2011

Nice to see some actual reporting.

[msgirlintn]

04:13 PM on 10/26/2011

More TParty Republican talking points proven wrong!

Who'd a thunk it!

[dollbaby]

04:19 PM on 10/26/2011

yeah!!!!
but they willl still push them as the trurh.

[msgirlintn]

05:28 PM on 10/26/2011

dollbaby,

Of course they will.  Truth and facts are foreign to that crowd.

[Gonzo333]

04:11 PM on 10/26/2011

Just one more total lie from the Wreckpublican right.

[MESGAIN26]

04:02 PM on 10/26/2011

Bet u wont hear any of this from the media

[inLA]

04:40 PM on 10/26/2011

Not tv media anyway. Print is really the only place to find news these days.

[exclintonsupporter]

04:00 PM on 10/26/2011

The TP's must not have gotten their talking points out yet...I've read about 20 or socomments, not one from them...

Can't wait to see the spin....

[inLA]

04:40 PM on 10/26/2011

I'm waiting for "Bloomberg is a_socialist."

[exclintonsupporter]

03:56 PM on 10/26/2011

If one is to believe that the reason why unemployment is so high is a direct result of all of the regulations that this President has set forth...tell me this....

...since Bush had less regulations during his Presidency...why weren't any jobs created in those eight years?

[Kuuba]

10:01 PM on 10/28/2011

Bush had more regulations.
Did you read the entire article on Bloomberg?

[sindurrella]

03:41 PM on 10/26/2011

Can't wait to see this reported on Fox tonight!

[emmanuel kalu]

03:11 PM on 10/26/2011

republicans and baggers don't believe in facts or live in reality. they are just a blowhorn that sounds what their leaders say. nobody has actually told me what regulation that could be remove that would create jobs and not cause great harm to the economy or the country. dodd-franks? do you want a repeat of 2007/2008? do you want banks gambling with your money, while privatizing the profit and socializing the losses. how many jobs would allow people to burn hazarous material in the furnace?

[ruthtruth]

03:10 PM on 10/26/2011

The TP/GOP won't pay any attention to the truth as it's just not part of their world.

[bamasense]

03:06 PM on 10/26/2011

"LIAR"!!!!!!!!

[Obrand]

04:04 PM on 10/26/2011

Surely if Fox didn't say it, it must be a lie.

[holyghostie]

03:03 PM on 10/26/2011

Go Tell it on the Mountain, on the TV, in the newspapers....counter the GOP echo machine.

[amaboss52]

03:02 PM on 10/26/2011

What was bush regulating, hair lenghth, shoe size, amount of salt on your french fries?

[Mr-Mikey]

03:27 PM on 10/26/2011

Remember, they're called FREEDOM fries..

[Roger Hearn]

03:02 PM on 10/26/2011

Similar to the "czar," (a wingnut misnomer) accusations. I don't know about the present, but I do know at one point Bush had more alleged "czars" than Obama had.

[almedoz]

03:09 PM on 10/26/2011

I don't see how they can accuse Obama of having "czars"--they've blocked so many administration appointments that hardly anybody works in the West Wing.

[Pleroma]

01:32 AM on 10/27/2011

And that guy from Seattle, Senor Kerlicowske, is an absolute laugh riot.

[skeakins]

08:55 PM on 11/27/2011

Bush had advisers that were each experts in their field of knowledge. Obama surrounds himself with dubious characters.

[vh47]

03:01 PM on 10/26/2011

Its time to stop blaming the Republican politicians for the ills of this country.
Time after time bi-partisan think tanks have proven they are selling snake oil
yet their foolish voting base keeps believing the lies,so blame them for being
idiots.I call them idiots because anyone in the 99 percentile voting Republican
is voting against their best interest