| 3aug02 |
Too
Many Precautions Will Kill You
Alan Caruba
The Precautionary Principle is the exact opposite of science which requires evidence,
clear links and probable cause, and then measures levels of actual or potential risk. |
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| 29dec01 |
Regulation
is the Biggest Pest of All
Hoover Institution – Henry I. Miller
Making their crops genetically resistant to pests is the hope for many northern
California farmers. But the EPA, through punitive regulatory policies, has become an even
bigger pest for farmers. |
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| 9aug01 |
The
Real Cost of Regulation
John Stossel Investigative Reporter, ABC News
"One thing I noticed that started me toward seeing the folly of regulation was
that it didn't even punish the obvious crooks. The people selling the breast-enlargers and
the burn-fat-while-you-sleep pills got away with it." |
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| 20jul01 |
Broken
Promise Land Revisted
Diane Alden
At the rate our government and certain special interests are going, those who might
someday want to build, own or live on the land will not be able to do so. The reason is
that land will have been legislated, set aside and regulated out of existence. |
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| 16jun01 |
Ten Thousand
Commandments
Wayne Crews
Congress should be held directly accountable for the compliance costs—as well as
the benefits—that federal regulations confer. |
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| 22may01 |
Washington's
10,000 Commandments
A new study shows that Washington's burgeoning regulations cost
American taxpayers, on average, $7,410 in the year 2000. This amounts to 20% of an average
family's after-tax budget. |
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| 2apr01 |
The
Bonds of Life
Virginia Postrel
Society depends on rules. But what sort of rules enliven our world — and what
sort stifle it? Most of our public debate over rules is about making such detailed
prescriptions into mandatory, no-exception laws. |
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| 15mar01 |
Scholar Helps Snuff Out Smoking Ban
Nosy, intrusive government has polarized the dispute between smokers
and nonsmokers. As a result, venom has replaced respect and obstinate behavior has
replaced common courtesy. It is government, not secondhand smoke, that has poisoned the
atmosphere. |
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| 7jan01 |
The Tyranny of
Flexible Rules
And Reasonable Regulators
Gene Callahan
Some people want to remedy the current bureaucratic tangle in which America is
ensnared by giving regulators more discretion. Callahan says that's exactly the wrong
idea. |
|
| 12nov00 |
A Chance to Really Clear the Air
Vin Suprynowicz
How are citizens supposed to understand and obey laws so numerous, intricate, costly,
and incomprehensible that our delegates themselves cringe at the thought of merely being
required to read them? |
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| 7nov00 |
In EPA
Case, Supreme Court Weighs Power of Agencies
In one of the most important cases of the year, the US
Supreme Court today begins examining whether EPA's Carol Browner usurped Congress's
legislative powers when she used her broad discretion to set the new pollution limits
under the federal Clean Air Act. |
Ruling will
have far
reaching
effects |
| 16jun00 |
Clinton's Regulatory
Miasma
"All told, in 1999, every American family paid about $7,400 a
year for the privilege of being watched, controlled, prodded, nannied and governed."
Thanks to Clinton, that number could increase this year. |
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| 24may00 |
Delegation
and the Constitution
Gary Lawson
The concept that all legislative powers are vested in the Congress and how this has
been subverted by the present regulatory regime.[Acrobat pdf file] |
|
| 24may00 |
Testimony: The
Role Of Congress In Monitoring Administrative Rulemaking |
|
| 7jan00 |
Abolishing
OSHA
The CATO Institute examines OSHA |
|
| 22dec99 |
Tax Fatty
Foods, Health Lobby Says
Health Nazis are on the march both here and in Cananda |
|
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The Cost of Federal Regulation
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the White
House’s own budgetary agency, puts the price of existing regulations at approximately
$300 billion annually. |
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Needed
Reform of "Federal" Corporations
What those leftists did not have in mind, however, were what might
be called "federal corporations" such as the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, their favorite left-wing mouthpiece |
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Standard
Accommodations:
The road to universal disability |
|
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Pencil
Manufacturers Sued
For the past thirty years America's public schools have been producing students who
are increasingly less educated. |
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The Decade of 'Junk Science'
"The 1990s will be remembered for many things. None may be more
important to the United States than the "Decade of Junk Science." |
|
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The FHA Loan
An actual case |
|
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Focus
on Canadian toilets
Canada has become a major supplier of illegal 3.5-gallon toilets. These toilets
were banned by Congress in 1992 under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, which
decreed that henceforth U.S. citizens had to buy 1.6-gallon toilets. |
related |
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Product
Warning Labels
In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through
bureaucratic stupidity. |
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Killer
Regulations
The NHTSA spin on cars and trucks parallels the mentality of the Clinton
administration: Whether it is profits, market share or vehicle platforms, Big is Bad.
(Except in the case of government and taxes, unfortunately.) |
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Why
Congress Needs an Office of
Regulatory Analysis
Meet CORA and read why the
Heritage Foundation says it's needed. |
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Flush
With The Right To Sit Down In Peace
"The only people who like this new regulation
are Al's environmental freaks, who long ago got used to smelling bad, and discovered they
liked it." |
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