Jul 29, 2024 ~ 'Yellen: By the Way, We're Going to Need Another $3 Trillion per Year for Climate Change' These people cannot bankrupt the United States fast enough. We're running trillion dollar deficits and these fools want triple our insolvency. Complete maniacs. She absurdly tries to sell this massively unaffordable waste of money as a "big economic opportunity." "Of course, it really is a massive economic opportunity if you happen to own or have stock in one of the many 'green energy' companies that have been cropping up. It's also a wonderful opportunity for China and any other nations that are sitting on the largest stockpiles of rare-earth metals needed to build all of the batteries required to drive all of this nonsense. But for everyone else, it's a massive, pointless money sink." [Anti-Science, Climate Change, Debt, Deficit, Economics, Regulations]
Jul 2, 2024 ~ 'Ted Cruz Explains Importance Of SCOTUS Overturning Chevron Decision'
“The Chevron decision created something that is called ‘Chevron Deference.’ Now what is Chevron Deference? It was a doctrine that said the courts will defer to federal agencies on rules and regulations so long as that rule and regulation is, quote, ‘reasonable. What it did is it gave enormous powers to un-elected bureaucrats and Chevron, you can trace in a very direct line, the rise of the administrative state, the rise of unelected bureaucrats issuing rules that are incredibly costly to the American people, incredibly harmful to the American people, you can trace that rise to the Chevron Doctrine."
"And so, the court last week overruled Chevron, what that means now, is that it is Congress, it’s the elected members of Congress that have to make policy decisions that impact the American people, not the armies of bureaucrats who have no democratic accountability. The result today is there is more power in the elected members of Congress. And the reason that matters because where power resides, you want it to reside where there’s accountability." [Regulations, SCOTUS]
Jun 29, 2024 ~ 'Chevron Deference Has Ceased to Be' SCOTUS overturns the disastrous 'Chevron' decision that gave unelected bureaucrats ridiculous regulatory power that rightfully belongs with Congress and the Courts. Way more power than they constitutionally really have. [Regulations, SCOTUS]
Jun 3, 2024 ~ 'A Ban on Freelance Work' "The Labor Department just imposed 300 pages of new regulations to reclassify many individual contractors as payroll employees." This immediately cost many freelancers their jobs. So many had to lobby for exceptions. Those who couldn't get in on the exceptions are screwed. As usual, government does more harm than good with their 'good intentions.' [Economics, John Stossel, Regulations]
Mar 29, 2024 ~ The EU opens antitrust investigations into Apple, Google & Meta over 'DMA compliance.' The US DOJ opens an antitrust suit against Apple for some other BS. The EU and DOJ should be ashamed of themselves. Their primary source of funding is the periodic shakedown of these companies. [Regulations, Witch Hunt]
Jan 14, 2024 ~ 'California’s Legal War against Activision Blizzard Shows the Process Is the Punishment' 'Activision Blizzard will pay $54 million — and the state will admit that no investigation, including its own, “has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard.” Nor is there any evidence, California now admits, “that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic, harassment, retaliation, or discrimination; or that Activision Blizzard’s Board of Directors including its Chief Executive Officer, Robert Kotick, acted improperly with regard to the handling of any instances of workplace misconduct.”' Its pure extortion. The case had no merit but the state wears them down until they cry uncle and give them a big payday. [California, Fake Sexism, Regulations]
Oct 13, 2023 ~ EU pinhead Thierry Breton accuses @elonmusk of allowing X to spread 'disinformation.' Threatens big fines if X does not comply to his censorship. Musk tells Thierry to shove it! BTW if you asked AI to generate the perfect name for an EU pinhead, it would say 'Thierry Breton.' [Free Speech, Regulations, Silencing, Tech Censorship]
Sep 16, 2023 ~ The EU, whose primary purpose is to extort money from successful and popular businesses, fines TikTok $386 Million allegedly for privacy violations. The EU has previously extorted billions from FaceBook, Apple, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Google, airlines and many more. The EU is a criminal organization that legalizes their own theft. [Regulations]
Apr 9, 2023 ~ James Taylor, 'Documents Show Norfolk Southern Prioritized Climate Activism Over Railway Safety'
They spent $500 million in a two-year period – including $330 million in 2021 – to “green bonds” promoting “low-carbon initiatives.” Also spent "spent an inordinate amount of time, attention, and railway funds pursuing a woke Div [Climate Change, CRT DIE Wokeness, Regulations]
Mar 10, 2023 ~ Even the #FakeNews@washingtonpost won't support the Democrat party lie that the East Palestine train wreck was due to Trump 'deregulation'. "We decided to examine every possible regulatory change made under Trump that could be related to the accident and assess whether it could have made an impact. From our analysis, none of the regulatory changes made during the Trump administration at this point can be cited as contributing to the accident." [Fake News, Regulations]
Feb 26, 2023 ~ Horrible train wreck in East Palestine, OH. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who's been essentially absent for 3 crises now, used the opportunity to blame Trump and Republicans claiming it was caused by 'deregulation.' So did the know nothings on the View, Behar, Houstin! NTSB refutes their claims, "ECP brakes would not have prevented the derailment. The wheel bearing failed on car number 23, so even with ECP brakes, the derailment would have occurred, the fire would have ensued, and the five vinyl chloride tank cars would still have to be vented and burned." [Fake News, Loathsome Left, Regulations]
Jan 25, 2023 ~ The EU, whose primary purpose is to extort money from successful and popular businesses, fines Facebook $414 million allegedly for targeted advertising. The EU has previously extorted billions from Apple, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, Google, airlines and many more. The EU is disgusting. [Economics, Regulations]
Jul 19, 2022 ~ Max Keating, 'California’s New Pro-Union Law Could Grind The Supply Chain To A Halt' "California truckers are protesting against AB 5, a new regulation that would reclassify them as employees rather than independent contractors." They are killing the independent truckers. [Economics, Economy, Regulations]
Jul 16, 2022 ~ Vijay Jayaraj, "Children Die When 'Eco-Lies' Disrupt the War Against Mosquitoes" "Thanks to Rachel Carson’s unscientific claims about DDT in her 1962 book Silent Spring, the environmental movement against DDT began with blind stupidity." Millions of cases of malaria and dengue. [Anti-Science, Environment, Health, Regulations]
Jul 5, 2022 ~ John Stossel, 'Government Delays Flights' There are now 1000s of delays and cancellations every weekend. "Why? Because of the pilot shortage." "Because the government passed another dumb law." "Instead of 250 hours, now [pilots] have to have 1,500 hours!" Few people can do this. [John Stossel, Regulations]
Jun 26, 2022 ~ The Biden FDA bans Juul e-cigarette vaps. This is beyond madness. Real cigarettes which are 100 times more dangerous are still legal and they give out free crack pipes. [Drugs, Health, Regulations]
Jun 4, 2022 ~ John Stossel, 'Out of Formula' Shortage continues because govt. regulations won't allow formula from Europe or Mexico. "If you have the wrong scooper, banned! If you don't list a certain ingredient that the FDA demands, (or in the wrong order or not English) you're banned!" [John Stossel, Regulations]
May 11, 2022 ~ Stossel: Government required GMO labeling is increasing the cost of food. "The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the GMO labeling will cost from $598 million to $3.5 billion." GMOs are perfectly safe and the labeling is useless. [Anti-Science, John Stossel, Regulations]
Dec 30, 2021 ~ Washington Free Beacon, 'Americans Fled Blue States for Red States in Massive Numbers in 2021, Census Finds' "CA, Illinois, and NY on the decline. Florida, Idaho, and Texas on the rise." No surprise. Left wing policies made those blue states unlivable, high crime hell holes. [California, Crime, Loathsome Left, Politics, Regulations]
Dec 22, 2021 ~ Elon Musk, "California used to be the land of opportunity. Now it has become sort of the land of over-regulation, over-litigation, and scorn." "Wokeness is divisive exclusionary and hateful. It basically gives mean people a shield to be mean and cruel, armored in false virtue." [California, CRT DIE Wokeness, Identity Politics, Regulations]
Dec 20, 2021 ~ Andrea Widburg, 'California’s government is wiping out its pot growers' Predictably, CA Dems have taxed and regulated its legal pot growers out of business driving 75% of sales back to the black market. "California killed the goose that could have laid those golden pot eggs." [California, Economics, Regulations, Taxes]
Nov 15, 2021 ~ Ryan Mills, "St. Paul Rent-Control Initiative Backfires, Unleashes ‘Chaos’ in Housing Market" All the predictable negative consequences of rent control are happening but Democrats seem surprised since they know no economics or history at all. New building halted, upgrades stopped [Economics, Regulations]
Nov 7, 2021 ~ The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals halted the Biden administration’s rule requiring employers with over 100 workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations. "There are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate." Most companies have already rolled over. [Coronavirus, Regulations]
Oct 31, 2021 ~ Andrea Widberg, 'Empty Christmas stockings? Don't blame COVID; blame California' CA's excessive climate change regulations created "an inability of half the nation's truckers from picking up anything from the Port of LA or Port of Long Beach." And AB-5 prevents 'owner operator." [Climate Change, Economics, Economy, Regulations]
Oct 23, 2021 ~ Judson Berger, 'The Democrats’ War on Gas Stoves Is a Slap at Cooking Cultures' CA, other states are banning an essential tool for for many ethic dishes. “Natural gas cooking is so essential in a lot of cuisines.” "No way in hell you are going to put a wok on an electric stove.” [Climate Change, Regulations]
Sep 9, 2021 ~ Biden illegally mandates vaccines or weekly testing for all companies over 100 employees. He has zero authority to do this. He claims OSHA does but that is false. He previously said he would not do this. [Coronavirus, Regulations]
Aug 1, 2021 ~ Dell can't ship their servers to CA and other moronic states run by Democrats. The poor idiots that still live there get this message when they try to order. "This product cannot be shipped to the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, or Washington." [California, Environment, Regulations]
Jul 28, 2021 ~ John Stossel, 'Endless Rules'. Stossel shows how states that have legalized pot have made it so difficult and expensive to do it the legal way, the black market is back big. Need "a 800-page application. Every single plant must be weighed, tagged and tracked from seed to sale. [John Stossel, Regulations]
Apr 3, 2021 ~ Ben Shapiro, 'Why I Left California' Too many reasons to summarize but its a basic cautionary tale for the rest of the country of what happens when liberal democrats will destroy any place. They will make it unlivable with insane taxes, debt, regulations, crime, homelessness etc. [Ben Shapiro, California, Crime, Debt, Regulations, Taxes]
Nov 7, 2020 ~ Will Swaim, 'California: Not as Crazy as We Thought?' CA voted against tax hikes on business property, for keeping it illegal to discriminate on race (Prop 16). 'They absolutely crushed rent control' and voted to allow independent contractors to work as freelancers. [Affirmative Action, California, College, Economics, Regulations, Taxes]
Nov 2, 2020 ~ President Trump signs an EO making it easier to fire federal workers. This change has been long awaited by managers who 'want to hold workers accountable.' But the current process made it so difficult, managers had no choice but to keep bad workers or move them around. [Economy, Regulations, Trump Win]
Oct 14, 2020 ~ Edward Longe, 'The End of the Internet? Net Neutrality Three Years On' Dems hyperventilated about ending net neutrality but everything is better. Black access went from 52% to 66%. Hispanic access went from 50% to 61%. Average speeds doubled. Access is also way up for the poor. [Net Neutrality, Regulations, Trump Win]
Sep 18, 2020 ~ Sam Rutzick, 'Federal Regulations Have Made Western Wildfires Worse' 'Controlled, prescribed burns can stop wildfires from spreading. Too bad they are effectively prohibited by rules like the Clean Air Act.' Need 5000 pages on 'every single conceivable [environmental] impact.' [Environment, Regulations]
Aug 12, 2020 ~ California continues to regulate people out of a job. Uber is forced to shut down until at least November because CA requires they 'classify its drivers as employees rather than contractors'. Doesn't work for Uber's business model. Many drivers who don't even want it. Bad for all [California, Regulations]
Jul 25, 2020 ~ The Trump Administration revokes the Obama era 'Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing' (AFFH) rule which would force low income housing into the suburbs. HUD Secretary Ben Carson said 'Washington has no business dictating what is best to meet your local community's unique needs'. [Trump Win, Regulations]
May 23, 2020 ~ A Michigan dam breaks and Gov. Whitmer blames climate change. It turns out the levels were kept unnecessarily high to meet environmental regulations protecting mussels. 'The dam's owner, Boyce Hydro Power LLC, claims Michigan pressured it to raise lake levels before the flood.' [Climate Change, Fake News, Regulations]
Mar 11, 2020 ~ John Stossel, 'Government Outlaws Freelance Work' New law requires reclassifying freelance workers as employees. 'people who hire them must now give them benefits like overtime, unemployment'. Vox calls it 'a victory for workers everywhere', then lays off hundreds because of it. [John Stossel, Regulations, Economics]
Feb 24, 2020 ~ Sean Moran, 'Net Neutrality Repeal Raises Annual Incomes by $50 Billion' The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) reports that repealing net neutrality 'raised real annual incomes by more than $50 billion per year and consumer welfare by nearly $40 billion per year.' [Trump Win, Economy, Net Neutrality, Regulations]
Feb 7, 2020 ~ Kyle Smith 'Plastic-Bag Bans Are Bad for the Environment' Many cities ban single-use plastic bags. Multiple analyses have shown that plastic bags are better for the environment. The alternative needs to be re-used 173 times to be better, but they are re-used only 15 times on avg. [Environment, Regulations, Kyle Smith]
Feb 6, 2020 ~ Patrick Pizzella, deputy secretary of Labor, 'The Deregulatory Achievements of the Trump Labor Department' Intelligent deregulation to unburden employers, 'We target only regulations whose good intentions never materialized or whose burden outweighs whatever supposed benefit' [Trump Win, Economy, Regulations]
Jan 24, 2020 ~ EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says 'I don't think the fires from Australia are directly from climate change. I don't think most rational people are saying that, either.' He dismisses Al Gore's alarmism on it, 'He's had a history of overstating on the climate change issue.' [Trump Win, Regulations, Environment]
Jan 24, 2020 ~ Christian Britschgi, 'Trump Administration Repeals Federal Protections on Puddles, Dry Stream Beds, Some Ditches' 'Hysterical reactions greet the White House's modest changes to federal clean water rules.' Trump again rolls back illegal regulatory overreach enacted by Obama. [Trump Win, Regulations, Environment]
Jan 1, 2020 ~ Trump signs the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act. 'This historic legislation will provide American consumers with even greater protection against annoying unsolicited robocalls? stiffen penalties, increase transparency, and enhance government collaboration to stop unwanted solicitation.' [Trump Win, Regulations]