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AmericanObserver Wrote: Dec 27, 2012 12:31 PM
Well, then, how about the converse of that? That is, we DE-regulated the derivatives industry (financial firms) during the 2000's and it led to the loss of over $14 Trillion in national wealth and countless jobs? Yet, post WWII we REgegulated the financial industries and job creation and economic growth was off the charts?
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spartacus3344 Wrote: Dec 27, 2012 12:22 PM
Yes, this is the reality. When there are fewer jobs, people suffer. And nothing confirms that these regulations will make anything better for anyone that doesn't work at the EPA.
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After four long years of wreaking havoc on the economy and small businesses with job killing regulations in the name of environmental protection, EPA head Lisa Jackson is stepping down from her position. More about Jackson from the National Journal:
Jackson, the first black head of the EPA and the fourth woman to hold the job, has spent much of her tenure at the center of the energy and environment debate in Washington and was often criticized for the agency’s controversial Clean Air Act regulations.
The EPA during her tenure has undertaken several significant regulatory...
EPA Head Lisa Jackson to Step Down