Governor Romney has endorsed an idea called regulatory budgeting, but it really means capping protection for public health. Romney’s position paper explains the concept as follows: To force agencies to limit the costs they are imposing on society, and to provide the certainty that businesses crave, a system of regulatory caps is required. As noted, [...]
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The Governor's Office has released a budget fact sheet on the public protection portion of the budget. BUDGET FACT SHEET: Public Protection The Budget bill for Public Protection reflects the following actions: • Redeployment of... Read Post
Greg Mankiw is standing up for the uptrodden. The former economic adviser to President George W. Bush and wannabe president Mitt Romney has a new paper, called “Defending The One Percent,” arguing that income inequality is not as te... Read Post
A key part of Romney’s attack on “over-regulation” is his proposed regulatory cap. If an agency wanted to issue a new regulation, a cap would require an agency to repeal a regulation (or package of regulations) with equal cost. To ... Read Post