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Report: Obama Administration Added $9.5 Billion in Red Tape in July

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If you want a list of the new regulations, call the EPA and other agencies that are proposing them. That is what Obama tells people to do when they question the landslide of regulations coming down on their lives and businesses. $9 billion in new regulations in ONE MONTH.. and Obama is talking about eliminating $10 billion in regulatory needless regs OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD. At that rate we will be swimming in red tape, debt and unemployment in a year or two.

Dan of CA 4:44PM August 24, 2011

http://youtu.be/jC6SMPZ4lMw

Scott Cleveland of MA 9:01AM August 11, 2011

Sen. Barrosso puts out one page of claims without any citations or factual analysis. What does he think we are stupid? Give us a list of all these regulations along with a link to the text so we can read them for ourselves. Are we just supposed to believe Senator Barrosso? He's a politician!

Ezzyme of CA 12:44AM August 08, 2011

Obama gets in front of the cameras for the past 2 weeks-saying Americans don't care about the inns & outs of DC-what he failed to realize the S & P Rating Agency was watching the inns & outs of Congress and the action of our President. That is why the US lost their credit rating FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER--
Russia (finally came out and said that they own some of the US debt--and Putin said: "America is a parasite to the Global community"--China chimed along and downgraded the US dollar 2 weeks ago.
As S&P were watching our elected officials what did they see--House passed several budget plans--Speaker Reid wouldn't allow them to be discussed on the floor--the House (under the Republican rule) passed several regulations and Senate Harry Reid stomped them down--no room for discussion--this BILL ISN"T GOING ANYWHERE--
S&P saw that after the signing of the bill--Obama took AIR FORCE ONE--flew to Chicago--had a Birthday Bash---Ballroom $40,000 A NIGHT---Tickets for this event were sold at $35,800 PER PLATE--to have a photo with the President cost an additional $10,000 PER PHOTO!
While the partying was going on--S & P saw Speaker Reid dismiss the Senate without resolving legislation on the floor regarding the FAA workers--and the construction workers working for the FAA--over 8,000 people were left hanging because HARRY REID DISMISSED THE SENATE--FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THE BILL That Passed the House--closing small airports across the US--one of those airports is the one Senator Harry Reid uses for his private jet---Reid didn't like the bill--dismissed Congress--and our President was partying--raising money for his own campaign funds. Obama knew the FAA employees had been furloughed when he jetted off for this BIG BASH--attended by 1700 of the most wealthiest of Americans.
S & P told Obama on Tuesday evening that it was going to downgrade the US on Friday-Obama knew--Biden knew-Reid knew--Pelosi knew--and didn't do ONE THING-according to Geithner (Obama's financial advisor) said there was a dispute of about $2 Trillion dollars--the same dollar amount that Obama used to regulate the private sector of America--to turn financial reform just the way he wanted it--to turn Obama Health Care into affect and Americans had no voice--
All this time the S & P (which determines the credit ratings around the world) was watching--and for the FIRST TIME SINCE 1917--America has lost her triple A rating--this will affect YOUR CREDIT CARDS--DOUBLE YOUR INTEREST--Mortgages will be raised if you are on a floating mortgage rate--
When you hear Obama-Reid-Pelosi come down on Republicans--REMEMBER--HOUSE is controlled by the Republicans--SENATE--is controlled by the Democrats and so the leader of this world is a Democrat--so who does have POWER to do YES WE CAN--the SENATE--PRESIDENT

Sharon of OK 7:44PM August 07, 2011

Over the past 50 years, liberal, schools (Is there any other kind?) have churned out hundreds of thousands of Environmentalist zealots who have inexorably moved through the chain of command of the Department of the Interior, The EPA, The National Park Service, NOAA, as well as state and local Wildlife and Fish and Game Departments, and various state and local environmental commissions.
Each year these agencies add and strengthen regulations - each one a type of Lilliputian thread pressing us down, - slowly wringing and crushing the life out of energy production, industry, agriculture, outdoor access and recreational opportunities.
These bureaucracies of government are implementing a inexorable, laborious imprisonment - relentlessly confining and limiting our economic and outdoor freedoms to the point of prohibition of just about any industrial, energy producing or recreational endeavor or pursuit.
Small "e" environmentalism has been hijacked, distorted, and martialed into an intolerant, dogmatic religion, "Environmentalism". Its cohort, "Global Warming", provides even more impetus for societal penetration and control.
This New Age religion holds reign over the media, education, politicians, courts and the bureaucracies of government. It has penetrated the imaginary wall of separation between church and state - a wall initially concocted by progressives to fend off the evils of Christianity - the secular nirvana of ACLU fantasy, pirated and transformed by the followers of Gaia.
Now, Environmentalist theologians march shoulder to shoulder with progressive politicians - a Green phalanx pointed at the heart of our economic and personal liberties.
America... no, the world, needs to awaken to this new, religious intolerance which slowly envelopes it -ruthlessly intertwining itself into every corner of our society - choking off what little freedom remains.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 1:25PM August 07, 2011

I thought Congress controlled the Budget. This Socialist is Stupid. The TEA PARTY
Tried but Harry Reid stopped it. The only fix is vote all Senators out that vote for Harry Reid bills. Obummer the only person spends with no regard for America !

Bob Flannery of KY 9:19PM August 06, 2011

Unfortunately, once Obama is gone the regulations and even more ominous, the regulators, will persist. This leaves a single solution: disband the entire agency, starting over with minimal regulations all requiring scientific proof and economic impact data before imposition.

canuck of FL 5:18PM August 05, 2011

It's the allinsky (obama) way create a crisis or impediment them blame it on the group you are targeting as being unresonible.
i.e. the rich
business ( G.E. excluded of course)
ABBO (anybody but obama)
How can people support this man and his party or any party so corrupt that it puts themselves before the future of their children.
God save America

david of OH 2:15PM August 05, 2011

Did anyone verify Barasso's claim? Where is this list of new regulations?
Apparently, if it's on the internet, it's all true. Hmmmm, really....

Dave Dolittle of FL 12:13PM August 05, 2011

Ben Bernanke testified before congress under oath that "federal regulators failed to enforce EXISTING legislation during the housing boom."
Why not let the fed show performance before allowing them to do more work. Performance in Social Security F-
Performance in Medicaid F-
Performance in enforcing existing banking regulation F-
I think they have enough work to do on existing programs.

Vince of WA 11:51AM August 05, 2011