Posted on 05/10/2012 9:54:11 AM PDT by lowbridge
Today, as part of the Obama Administration’s unprecedented government-wide regulatory review, the White House announced five final rules that will save nearly $6 billion in the next five years by eliminating outdated requirements and unjustified costs. To ensure that the federal government continues this important work, the President also signed a new Executive Order today, making it a continuing obligation of our government to scrutinize rules on the books to see if they really make sense. Today’s announcements mark an important milestone in the ambitious regulatory “lookback” that President Obama ordered in 2011 to cut through unnecessary red tape while promoting economic growth and protecting public health, safety, welfare, and our environment.
The President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) also issued a report today on the “lookback” progress to date, noting that agencies have identified over 500 reforms, just a small fraction of which will save more than $10 billion over the next five years. “Smart rules can save lives and keep us safe, but there are some regulations that don’t make sense and cost too much,” said President Obama. “We will remain vigilant when it comes to eliminating regulations that are not necessary or that impose unnecessary burdens on America’s families and businesses.”
“By streamlining some rules and eliminating others,” said Cass Sunstein, Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, “we can save billions of dollars in unnecessary costs while continuing to protect the health and safety of the American people.”
Continuing the Administration’s aggressive efforts to deliver a regulatory system that increases benefits to the American people while slashing costs, the new Executive Order signed by the President today directs agencies to promote priority-setting, by emphasizing reforms that produce significant quantifiable savings and by seeking comments from the American people on rules in need of review.
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Bullcrap! Your ass is grass!....Goodbye Numbnuts!
More BS frm Obama. Says one thing and does another. America is on to the liar-in-chief.
Wow!! $6 billion over 5 years, and $10 billion over 10 years!!
Be still my heart - O’Zero has ‘saved’ approximately 45 minutes of Gummint spending, and it’s only going to take him 10 years to do it!!
Do people actually believe this crap?
If so, gimme their telephone numbers and addresses so I can sell them some of this gold that I ship in 10 days or less.
Bullcrap! Your ass is grass!....Goodbye Numbnuts!
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LMAO! Dittos!
He can start by firing the Czars. That would save millions.
“Aggressive efforts” and they can only claim 500 regs out of the kazillion that exist? Ha!
Rules to be streamlined:
Notice they don’t define “unneccesary”.
OH.... like the Constitution. That kind of ‘regulation’?
How much new spending has this Marxist idiot racked up? Six trillion? Seven trillion? Eight trillion? Can he reach ten trillion?
Satire right?
Stop Obamacare = $1 Trillion saved
Close EPA = $1 Trillion saved
Close Border = $250 Billion saved
Close TSA = $100 Billion saved
Fire Obama = America Saved
Satire?
He’s doing away with the EPA, The UYA, The SYC, The BOE etc etc and burning down Chicago??
Yep!
$6b over 5 years?
The Feds spend more than that on toilet paper every year.
We’re not serious until cuts come in trillions.
” Can he reach ten trillion? “
That would be the “BONUS LEVEL”, where all point values (ie Dollars) approach negative infinity...
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