[Lnc-business] Credit where credit is due – Request for LP press release on Trump's bold regulatory reforms

[Caryn Ann Harlos]

And I agree we with Daniel.  We need to control Libertarian talking points.

-Caryn Ann


On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 8:40 AM Daniel Hayes <danielehayes at icloud.com>
wrote:

> Starchild,
>
> The problem is, Trump signed an order saying for every new regulation
> created 2 must be eliminated.  But his chief of staff had ordered the
> Federal agencies to create no new regulations.  While that freezes things
> for the moment. If they were really shrinking regulations Priebus would now
> command each agency to create 5 new regulations a week. This would result
> in a net reduction of thousands of Federal regulations per week.
>
> That all said, while I think it's a gimmick ultimately, part of what we do
> is all about perception and this would be a move in the right direction. I
> would like to see such a press release issued as well.  I think that quote
> you pulled about regulation being bad for big business  but worse for small
> business is awesome.
>
> Especially since we have LIB in our name it is important we show we are
> not just bunch of modern liberals. It is also important that we show we are
> not just a bunch of negative complainers with nothing positive to say. But
> when we praise leaders of other parties we must be careful to not do it too
> often or in a way so that people think we are part of their team.
>
> Also, hair braiding regulations are not FEDERAL those are state. There are
> hundreds of thousands of federal regulations many of which have the force
> of criminal penalty behind them.  This is NOT a trivial issue.
>
> I agree that the right way to fix it is to have congress change the way
> regulations can be created and administered.  In the mean time.. I take
> what I can get.
>
> Daniel Hayes
> LNC At Large Member
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 31, 2017, at 6:50 AM, Starchild <sfdreamer at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Like most Libertarians, I was dismayed upon hearing of Donald Trump's
> cruel and unconstitutional executive order issued Friday barring refugees
> from entering the United States, and singling out people from seven
> Muslim-majority countries to be denied admittance as well, initially
> including even green card holders (though embarrassingly for the
> administration, they later had to backpedal on that). People across the
> country are protesting the ban, and rightly so:
>
>
> http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/29/watch-live-protests-outside-white-house-over-immigration-ban/97216470/
>
> Thus I was very glad to see the LP quickly issued a strong press release
> condemning the action and making it clear that we support the Muslims whose
> rights are being violated – https://www.lp.org/we_stand_with_you/ . The
> unequivocal "We stand with you" declaration is exactly the kind of language
> I think we ought to be using more often when communicating to victims of
> the State, and I commend Lauren Daugherty or whoever came up with it (her
> name appears in the byline at https://www.lp.org/we_stand_with_you/ ).
>
> Yesterday, however, it turns out that Trump did something equally
> momentous but really positive – and I'm not being sarcastic! As was alluded
> to in Thomas Knapp's Rational Review Digest l where I read about it (
> http://rationalreview.com/archives/245914), Libertarians like writer L.
> Neil Smith have been advocating such a reform for years. If it is carried
> out and enforced, this will mean a sea change in the right direction:
>
> *"President Trump on Monday signed an executive order that would require
> agencies to revoke two regulations for every new rule they want to issue.
> The executive order is aimed at dramatically rolling back federal
> regulations, one of his top campaign promises. … Trump's order does make
> exceptions for emergencies and national security."*
>
> http://thehill.com/regulation/overnights/316893-overnight-regulation-trump-
> orders-one-in-two-out-plan-for-regs
>
> While this doesn't change my view that Donald Trump in the White House
> remains a disaster waiting to happen, it's nice to see such dramatic proof
> that the executive pen won't be solely wielded to tighten the screws of the
> incipient police state.
>
> Possibly even more exciting, the article also notes that the Trump
> administration has already imposed a regulatory freeze:
>
>
> *"White House chief of staff Reince Priebus sent a memo to agency heads
> hours after the inauguration advising them not to issue any more
> regulations."*
> The president even had something intelligent and nuanced to say on the
> subject:
>
> "This isn't a knock on President Obama; this is a knock on many
> president[s] preceding me," he said, referring to the burdens on
> businesses. "Regulation has been horrible for big business, but it's been
> worse for small business."
>
> Further according to the Hill article, Trump also said he isn't done
> targeting regulations, and reiterated "his campaign promise to try and cut
> 75 percent of rules." Dare we hope that he actually means it?
>
> While I wouldn't want to see us make a habit of praising the ruling
> establishment, in the spirit of fairness and giving credit where credit is
> due, I encourage the chair and/or staff to issue a Libertarian Party press
> release commending the new administration for these actions.
>
> Here are a couple factoids from The Hill piece that could be good to cite
> in a release:
>
>
>
>
>
> *"The U.S. isn't the first country to impose such a restriction on
> regulators. Trump could use similar policies in Canada, Australia and the
> United Kingdom as a model for his order. *
>
> *For every rule issued in the U.K., three existing rules must be
> eliminated.*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *According to a U.K. government report, that requirement saved businesses
> £885 million from May 5, 2015 to May 26, 2016, or nearly $1.1 billion based
> on current conversion rates."*
> Love & Liberty,
>                                   ((( starchild )))
> At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee
>                                 (415) 625-FREE
>                                    @StarchildSF
>
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