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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIdaho just hard-Brexited itself
https://fee.org/articles/idaho-repealed-its-entire-regulatory-code-now-what/This is psychotic
My friend and former student Paul Gerner suggested to me a few years ago that the federal government have a regulatory reset. The idea is that the government eliminates all regulations and then brings back the ones it decides it wants. Presumably, we would end up with substantially fewer regulations.
I loved the idea but it boggled my mind. How would that work? What would happen to certain industries and lots of people who depend on some degree of certainty in making their plans? And, of course, aside from the issue of how it would work, neither Paul nor I thought the federal government would ever do it.
I still think that. But James Broughel, a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center, points out that thats exactly what Idahos state government has just done. He writes:
I loved the idea but it boggled my mind. How would that work? What would happen to certain industries and lots of people who depend on some degree of certainty in making their plans? And, of course, aside from the issue of how it would work, neither Paul nor I thought the federal government would ever do it.
I still think that. But James Broughel, a senior research fellow with the Mercatus Center, points out that thats exactly what Idahos state government has just done. He writes:
Something rather remarkable just happened in Idaho. The state legislature opted toin essencerepeal the entire state regulatory code. The cause may have been dysfunction across legislative chambers, but the result is serendipitous. A new governor is presented with an unprecedented opportunity to repeal an outdated and burdensome regulatory code and replace it with a more streamlined and sensible set of rules. Other states should be paying close attention.
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Idaho just hard-Brexited itself (Original Post)
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BSdetect
(8,998 posts)1. Wait for the litigations to flow.
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)5. The plural of litigation usually is litigation.
Not always though.
Scoopster
(423 posts)2. Absolutely NO!
This is the most ridiculous bullshit I've ever heard.
enough
(13,256 posts)3. The headline doesn't actually represent what happened.
Read the article.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)4. What's the difference?
Instead, the legislature wrapped up an acrimonious session in April without passing a rule-reauthorization bill. As a result, come July 1, some 8,200 pages of regulations containing 736 chapters of state rules will expire. Any rules the governor opts to keep will have to be implemented as emergency regulations, and the legislature will consider them anew when it returns next January.
What distinction are you making?