{"id":16207,"date":"2012-11-04T17:54:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-04T22:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16207"},"modified":"2012-11-04T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T22:57:15","slug":"here-come-the-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16207","title":{"rendered":"Here Come The Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Journal<\/a> posted an article on Thursday about increased regulations<\/a> under the Obama Administration. The article noted that during the first two years of President Obama’s<\/a> term there were more regulations than normal. In 2012, the number of regulations decreased as regulations became a campaign issue.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Federal agencies are sitting on a pile of major health, environmental, and financial regulations that lobbyists, congressional staffers, and former administration officials say are being held back to avoid providing ammunition to Mitt Romney<\/a> and other Republican<\/a> critics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article posted a chart to illustrate how Washington<\/a> plays the regulations game: Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to post it here, so please follow the link to the article to view the chart. The bottom line is simple–the regulations game is played by both parties.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Among the most politically controversial rules is one that would slash toxic tailpipe pollution from gasoline, but that could also slightly increase costs at the pump. That rule, say industry lobbyists and environmentalists who work closely with EPA<\/a>, has been sitting at the agency, ready to roll out, for nearly a year. But the White House<\/a> was reluctant to regulate gasoline in an election year in which pain at the pump has ignited fierce firestorms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThere are at least a half-dozen other examples like that throughout the agency,\u201d said William Becker, executive director for the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why administrations will do everything they can to avoid putting these rules out during an election year. But all that ends after the election. Then it\u2019s a mad rush to see who gets the rules out the door first.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before you vote, please consider this report, and please remember President Obama’s statement to Russian President Medvedev<\/a> that he would be more flexible in dealing with the Russians in a second term. I sincerely believe that a second term of President Obama will destroy America<\/a> as we have known it.<\/p>\n

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