<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I agree with Dan. Federal regulations are devastating.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Health care regs alone kill more human beings worldwide than does war. That includes millions of victims in the U.S. resulting from FDA regulations on life-saving drugs, not to mention the damage done by Obamacare, ERISA, HIPPA, SCHIP, and thousands of other health care regulations.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Federal regs also kill millions of jobs every year and wipe out substantial swaths of human prosperity -- and accounts for a lot of why so many Americans live in poverty today.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Federal regs turn peaceful, responsible Americans into criminals.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The list goes on...</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Carla Howell<br><br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The system [of government our
Founding Fathers designed] has turned into a congealed ball of lard that eats
money and excretes red tape</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">.</span><p></p> - Scott Adams<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Daniel Hayes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielehayes@icloud.com" target="_blank">danielehayes@icloud.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>Starchild,</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Daniel Hayes</div><div>LNC At Large Member</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jan 31, 2017, at 6:50 AM, Starchild <<a href="mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net" target="_blank">sfdreamer@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>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:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/29/watch-live-protests-outside-white-house-over-immigration-ban/97216470/" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/story/<wbr>news/world/2017/01/29/watch-<wbr>live-protests-outside-white-<wbr>house-over-immigration-ban/<wbr>97216470/</a></div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>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 – <a href="https://www.lp.org/we_stand_with_you/" target="_blank">https://www.lp.org/we_stand_<wbr>with_you/</a> . 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 <a href="https://www.lp.org/we_stand_with_you/" target="_blank">https://www.lp.org/we_<wbr>stand_with_you/</a> ).</div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>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 (<a href="http://rationalreview.com/archives/245914" target="_blank">http://rationalreview.com/<wbr>archives/245914</a>), 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:</div><div><br><i>"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."</i><br><br><a href="http://thehill.com/regulation/overnights/316893-overnight-regulation-trump-" target="_blank">http://thehill.com/regulation/<wbr>overnights/316893-overnight-<wbr>regulation-trump-</a>orders-one-<wbr>in-two-out-plan-for-regs<br><br><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>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.<br></div><div><div><br><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Possibly even more exciting, the article also notes that the Trump administration has already imposed a regulatory freeze:<br><br><i>"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."<br></i><br><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>The president even had something intelligent and nuanced to say on the subject:<br><br>"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."<br><br><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>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?</div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>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.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="m_5721605049049767930Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Here are a couple factoids from The Hill piece that could be good to cite in a release:</div><div><p><i>"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. </i></p><p><i>For every rule issued in the U.K., three existing rules must be eliminated.</i></p><p><i>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."</i></p></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div> @StarchildSF</div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><span class=""><br><span>Lnc-business mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Lnc-business@hq.lp.org" target="_blank">Lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.org" target="_blank">http://hq.lp.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/lnc-business_hq.lp.<wbr>org</a></span><br></span></div></blockquote></div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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