The proposal by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, now officially a GOP presidential candidate, for President Obama to “put a moratorium on all regulations” seems like pure, unadulterated insanity.
That would mean no food inspections; no clean air; Wall Street repeating the same horrible things that nearly brought us to the brink of an economic disaster which was averted by a bail out. Perry wants to try no regulations at all…for a while!
This kind of talk is insanity!
Think Progress
Today, Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) issued the first policy position of his presidential campaign by asking the White House to issue a “moratorium on regulations across this country”:
We’re calling today on the president of the United States to put a moratorium on regulations across this country, because his regulations, his EPA regulations are killing jobs all across America.
Watch it:
“We’re sending out a request today asking President Obama to put a moratorium on all regulations,” Perry said on WHO radio in Iowa, recorded live by ThinkProgress.
Under such a moratorium, the Food and Drug Administration would stop approving new drugsand preventing human experimentation; the USDA would stop checking for food safety; the EPA would stop monitoring for poisons in drinking water; the Library of Congress would stoploaning materials to blind people; the NTSB would stop investigating airplane accidents; HHS would end Medicare payments; no more patents, copyrights, or trademarks would be issued; DHS would stop protecting chemical facilities from terrorist attacks; the Treasury would stopprinting currency; financial sanctions on hostile nations like North Korea and Iran would end; and the Federal Reserve System would shut down.
Perry’s “moratorium on regulations” would mean a literal end to the rules of law in the United States. At least it would also mean that all of President George W. Bush’s midnight regulationsfavoring polluters and industry abuses would also be lifted.
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I didn’t think he could outcrazy Bachmann… He did it in 3 days…
Yep, and the best of his type of crazy is yet to come!
What the fuck is he smoking?
Fumes from that Texas oil, no doubt!
This is what he said on WHO radio: “And that’s the problem with this administration, from a regulatory stand point. They’re choking Americas future. And we’re sending out a request today…….asking president Obama to put a moratorium on all regulations……..and stop job killing regulations”. From rickperry.org: ‘Texas Gov. Rick Perry today visited Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he criticized President Obama’s proposal to create a new jobs agency as a solution to economic recovery. He also reiterated his call for the Administration to issue a SIX-MONTH FREEZE ON NEW REGULATIONS (caps are mine) to help free employers to create more jobs for Americans’.If you want to argue the point at least use unaltered facts. Like I say it’s fun to go overboard, but come on!
He also reiterated his call for the Administration to issue a SIX-MONTH FREEZE ON NEW REGULATIONS (caps are mine) to help free employers to create more jobs for Americans’.
David, the “corporations are job builders” meme is true if you count overseas. I cannot see where a moratorium on regulations will increase jobs. It’s just another version of the GOP strawman.
A six months freeze on ANY regulations (that sounds like the Frank-Dodd bill is inculded in that request) will wreak havoc on the populous and allow corporations and banksters to go hog wild…and possibly put us in a worse situation than December 2008 (bailout.)
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice…you can’t get fooled again! ~ “W”
That’s MY interpretation of it.
“Come on” back atcha David. Reciting Perry’s own words as they were spoken and recorded is not “going overboard”. We can argue over what Perry really met. And part of the proof of your view is what you say is written on Perry’s website. That’s a good point, but there is nothing “overboard” about quoting someone ver batim or not being a mind reader.