Business Regulation

The Republican Crusade Against Regulation: A "Holy War" Against Workers and Consumers?

David Coates | Posted 04.24.2012

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David Coates

In the standard trilogy of core commitments currently being made by Republican presidential candidates, the cutting of taxes and the pruning of government is invariably accompanied by the promise to deregulate business -- and indeed to re-regulate labor.

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Republican Congressman Can't Prove Regulations He's Against

La Mesa Patch | Ken Stonr | Posted 11.14.2011

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Rep. Duncan D. Hunter on Monday called for deregulation, saying it’s “impossible” to keep up with rules on the city, state and federal levels....

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Obama Approved Fewer Regulations Than Bush

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 12.26.2011

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President Barack Obama has signed fewer regulations than President George W. Bush had at this point in his presidency, but it's putting a bigger dent ...

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Rick Perry's Fossilized Jobs Program

Steven Cohen | Posted 12.24.2011

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Steven Cohen

Perry's jobs program is predictable, but disappointing. After we drill up the oil and pollute the unregulated air, what will our children do to power their economy? Who will pay the extra costs for health care of the people harmed by the poisoned air?

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Regulations, Taxes Aren't Killing Small Business, Owners Say

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 11.03.2011

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WASHINGTON — Politicians and business groups often blame excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes for tepid hiring in the economy. However, lit...

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White House Unveiling Plan To Curb Business Regulations

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON — Oil spill prevention requirements will no longer apply to spilled milk. Gasoline pumps wouldn't need devices for trapping vapor pol...

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Rhymes for Our Times

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.19.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Ten quick ones from the boys at Limerick & Verse... A chicken with stars in her eyes Cut miscreant farms down to size. "A journalist hen?!" The...

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Reviving Pecora's Ghost

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Kuttner

With Summers, Geithner, and Bernanke working closely with major investment bankers to restart the system of securitization, there will be a titanic struggle over what kind of regulatory system to have going forward.

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