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President Trump is keeping his promise to cut regulations and is on a course to top former President Reagan's record of slashing the mountain of red tape created by Jimmy Carter, according to two independent reports.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute said that Trump has issued 58 percent fewer major and costly regulations than former President Obama and slashed the Federal Register, the government's rule book, by 32 percent.


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And American Action Forum said that the Trump administration has saved $560 million by cutting regulations and meeting its promise to eliminate two old rules for every new one.

"As the Trump Administration t***sitions into the new fiscal year and next phase of Executive Order 13,771, it can reasonably claim net regulatory savings of roughly $560 million under the EO's first phase. There have been some new regulatory costs, but activity on that front remains at a historically low level," said American Action's Dan Goldbeck.

CEI Vice President Clyde Wayne Crews added, "It took a few years for Ronald Reagan to achieve his ultimate, one-third reduction in Federal Register pages following Jimmy Carter's then-record Federal Register. So by this metric, Trump is moving much faster."

Both reports looked at the regulation tally at the end of the fiscal year. The Trump administration postponed its plans for a "cut the red tape" day on Monday after the Las Vegas shootings.

Theophilus

Airforceone

What meaningful regulations has he cut. Firing everybody in the EPA that had anything to do with C*****e C****e. Firing 12 of the top state department career diplomats at the State Department, fired the 4 career officials that were negotiating with the North Koreans, Allowing internet providers to sell you're information without you're consent. Give me one piece of meaningful regulations that he has cut.

All we do is deal with numbers no substance we have no idea what any of it means but Trump supporters love it. They love a number not the intent of the regulations.

Trump sweeping EO get rid of complicated and unnecessary regulation. No text just get rid of regulations.

Obama attempted in his second State of the union address to require Congress to undertake sweeping regulatory reform and they never did. Now That there's a republican in the White House they are addressing regulatory reform, but they are not doing it thru committee they do it in private and the American people have no idea what there doing. But for 8 years under Obama they refused to address regulatory reform so Obama had no choice but to address it with EO and then the right wing whines. Is that not just a little hypocritical.

But if Congress refused to undertake reform we end up with regulations dating back to Reagan that are still the rule of law so it's not just the left it's also a right wing problem that has created all this massive regulations. Add up all the EO's on regulations put into effect by the last 6 presidents, hundreds are still the rule of law. But the right wing is very good at controlling the narrative and just blame the left for regulations.

I do agree with less regulations smaller smarter government but I have no idea what Trump is cutting except for numbers but how do these numbers effect our country.

The biggest problem I have with Trump supporters is you get wrapped up in number of regulations not the text of the regulations. So how can you have a reasonable Debate as to who benefits from this deregulation and who gets hurt. So let's get some text I am sure there's good deregulation and bad deregulation.

One of my major concerns is his massive cuts to the EPA, his elimination of all scientific data on greenhouse gases compiled over the last 30 years. Given his director of the EPA the authority to eliminate any regulations he sees fit without congressional oversight.

Writing a EO requiring elimination of at least 2 rules for every new regulation giving cabinet heads the aturithy to eliminate rules and regulations that they see as restricting. No data no idea what they are eliminating. By law Congress is the only ones to undertake regulatory reform not a cabinet heads.

Trump writes an EO reorganization no text no recommendation nothing and the EO does nothing except to give cabinet officials the authority to fire career professional other than that the EO means nothing but it's another number but right wingers love numbers.

Trump thru an EO changed Franchising and independent contracting but no text. What does it mean not even identifying the cabinet official that has the authority to eliminate laws.
I always thought Congress makes these laws it's the responsibility of the Executive Branch to enforce these laws not signing an EO to eliminate them. The president has the authority to add but not eliminate laws created by Congress.

Obama wrote EO's adding regulations (Constitutional) Trump is writing EO's to eliminate regulations without identifying what he is eliminating or if they were passed by Congress that's (Un-Constitutional) this country right now has no idea what he is doing.

Trump EO 70% of regulations must go, what regulations is he referring to. It's just a number but Trump supporters just assume that Trump is doing the right thing and have no idea what his cabinet officials are doing. Just get rid of 70%.

Don't get me wrong this country needs sweeping reform of regulations Obama tried but Republican lead Congress refused to address this problem. There are thousands of regulation that are outdated. We need the General Accountability office on duplication and the Congressional committee of Oversight and government reform to address this issue not a cabinet official. Why is Trump not setting up his own advisors and cabinet officials to write a bill of sweeping reform of each agency and send it to Congress. Jared Kushner was suppose to lead this group in the White House but this kid has done nothing but hold the title.

Every incoming president has the authority to write EO's of not changing laws but adding regulations. When a new President comes into office he has the authority to rescind these EO's not changing laws. But having no idea what he is doing I have a problem with that.

I don't agree with EO without congressional approval with a 50% majority v**e and eliminate the ability of Congress to filibuster a Executive order. E******ns have consequences and the president and Congress should have some leeway in EO's.

We have some 40,000 pages of regulations this is absurd. Why not take those pages and extract each regulation and turn it over to the cabinet heads to red line the good and bad regulations along with the negatives and positives of each regulation. Then submit it to senate majority leader and the Leader of the house to turn these regulations over to the committee that is responsible for there specific issues. Hold the committe meetings call in professionals for testimony, and at least attempt to get rid of good and bad regulations. There's positives and negatives to each EO written let's lift the most restrictive EO's let's lift the regulations that are causing the problems for corporate and small business. But let's address the problem by using the Congressional process instead of back room legislation and bring it to a v**e using reconciliation. I could not believe that the ACA repeal was being done by the right wing in a Senate back room without any committee meeting and brought to the floor under reconciliation that is absurd and it sets a bad precedent for for how Congress works. John McCain was absolutely correct with his no v**e he is a man that stood up and had the balls to say a bill that effects so many people should go thru the congressional process with committee meetings proper professional testimony and then bring it to the floor for a v**e. Not a back room deal with 11 republicans writing a law, is not how our government is suppose to work.

But I would be very much interested in you're thoughts. You seem to have a ideological belief that I can respectfully disagree with but I support you're ideology even if I disagree.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

TD.

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At least try!

teabag09

Don't ya just luv how easy it is to get under her skin? Mike

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

damn good post by TD..... He shows he is thinking about the orange man and his agenda..

No one gave any thought to his post, but did toss out some ridicule and light insults..

shows the general caliber or the right wingers..

Nice work TD...

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

What an ignorant schmuck.

You can't even spell your filth correctly.

You're a hoot. You exhibit grade school vocabulary, even less in grammar and overall writing sk**l, but want to tell everyone how it is and grace us with your intelligence, (read lack of).

Then when your ignorant ravings and biased opinions are disagreed with, you start in with the classless ghetto talk.

You are the laughing stock of the site and no one takes a fool like you seriously.

What a loser. Cry me a river dummy.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

TD shows it is repeating what it is pumped by left wing screwballs, and alone is incapable of thought.

Good Lord Perm, if you are looking up to TD, you must be subterranean. Whew!

permafrost Loc: Minnesota

Or a bit ill.....

No, I often agree with TD, but we could all, at least most of us, be a bit more soft in our rants..

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

There is nothing to be gained other than rejection by employing d********g language. It isn't impressive, not original nor new, it conveys nothing other than lack of class, and most certainly.does nothing to change anyone's opinion.

We are here to present our views and discuss them, and perhaps expand our knowledge base. Using that language adds nothing positive to any view or opinion and can only detract from the credibility of the user.

I believe those who use that language must be here for their own entertainment because it surely does nothing to support their opinion.

out of the woods Loc: to hell and gone New York State

Were it not for Turd and Permie, being as they are, the embodiment of liberal idiocy at its most extreme, we would have no vent for our frustrations, at the idiocy of the left. So ,They do serve a therapeutic purpose. We can hold them up and proclaim , this is the stupid against which we rail. Otherwise, people would not believe such stupid existed.

JediKnight

Don't believe the hype....Trump has done nothing positive at all.

out of the woods Loc: to hell and gone New York State

And another one joins the league of stupid.

JediKnight

You should probably just stay in the woods......with the rest of the uninformed delusional types.

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

turdboy: Its only a matter of time before he cuts your ass!