A brilliant auto gnome of mine noted noted, add an "EPA Assessment" to every imported product or part. Aka, what the EPA is costing us for every part we make here as the third world pollutes the rest of the planet and the greenies say nothing.
Other things to make us more competitive:
* Obamacare, gone.
* Dodd Frank, has got to go, bring back Glass Stegal.
* 15% Flat Business / Corp Tax, accelerated depreciation is the norm not marc-er's.
* EPA goes through a total makeover. All rules and regs for the last ( insert number of years ) are to reviewed and scored on cost - benefit effective analysis, if it doesn't cut it, it is gone.
* EPA, Dept of Energy and Interior and BLM should be combined, downsized and renamed the Dept of Resource Utilization. Sarah Palin need to be it's Director....
As I was scrolling through the responses, I was thinking EPA. They had a big hand in reducing the amount of manufacturing here, especially smaller businesses..plating, solar panels, etc. The other impact, healthcare, is disastrous to small businesses. Your proposals are good ones.
Personally, I prefer Trump's plan to simply abolish the entire EPA altogether.