Republican Trump says 70 percent of federal regulations 'can go'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS | Thu Oct 6, 2016 | 8:51pm EDT

Republican Trump says 70 percent of federal regulations 'can go'

By Chris Kaufman | NEW YORK

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said as many as 70 percent of federal agency regulations could be eliminated if he is elected in November, just hours after an adviser said the candidate would seek to cut 10 percent.

Trump, who blamed regulations for stifling business, told a crowd at a town hall event in New Hampshire on Thursday night that regulations for the environment and safety would remain.

"We are cutting the regulation at a tremendous clip. I would say 70 percent of regulations can go," Trump said. "It’s just stopping businesses from growing."

Earlier in the day during an online discussion with Reuters, Trump campaign adviser Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier who has raised campaign money for Trump, said Trump would eliminate 10 percent of regulations.

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[pnwmom]

1. He posted something on his site (later taken down) that talked about hacking away at the FDA.

For one thing, he saw no reason for them to regulate the safety of dog food.

I seriously think we should make an issue of that. Many dogs died a few years ago because of poisoned food from China. Millions of dog owners would be appalled if they knew that the Don wanted to end regulation of dog food.

[pnwmom]

4. You're a vet, right? That's a great point -- in addition to infuriating

millions of pet owners, he'd be endangering everyone's health.

[duncang]

2. Ah yes, back to the good old days

When you could expect x number of deaths on a job. Damn osha for killing business. Losing people on the job site no problem for dipshit.