A Last Push To Deregulate

[Anonymous]

Bush and the Republicans really couldn't give a rat's ass about the public ...



The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farms.

Those and other regulations would help clear obstacles to some commercial ocean-fishing activities, ease controls on emissions of pollutants that contribute to global warming, relax drinking-water standards and lift a key restriction on mountaintop coal mining.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103004749_2.html?hpid=topnews

[Anonymous]

When I heard this on the radio this morning I choked on my non-fat, soy latte. Are these people crazy!!!!!!!! Have we learned nothing from the past action of "deregulation".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I heard this on the radio this morning I choked on my non-fat, soy latte. Are these people crazy!!!!!!!! Have we learned nothing from the past action of "deregulation".

yep. Learned nothing so far. We haven't f*cked up the country enough. Let's lower standards across the board, including for standards on clean drinking water.

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So sad. I remember reading that Bush was trying to avoid the Clinton last minute push for new regulations. I thought "how responsible." Silly me, it was just a push to get all the new regulations out earlier.