Everything Is Workin' - So Why Aren't We?

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Everything-Is-Workin--So-by-Jimmy-Walter-110723-624.html

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The Republicans and Libertarians kept us in the first great depression when they hindered Roosevelt's stimuli as they are doing now. Yet watered down as the stimuli they let pass were, Roosevelt's infrastructure programs created millions of jobs and middle class businesses that paid big dividends to the country and big tax revenues to the government; not under taxed, billion dollar bonuses to fat cats.

If Roosevelt had been allowed to really ramp up the US economy and therefore lift the world economy out of depression, perhaps WWII could have been avoided. That great depression tag-teamed with the British and French imposed hyperinflation on Germany to create Hitler. Racism always rises during economic depressions.

While we have nothing to gain in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, or Pakistan, we are losing everything at home. Both parties heartily support flooding the wars with dollars while cutting domestic spending as our transportation and utility infrastructure crumbles.

We have been betrayed by our bankers and politicians. Our politicians "retire" from public life to work as lobbyists for the companies and countries they "regulated". This is merely delayed bribery. No government official or members of his/her family should be allowed to work for those they regulated, ever.

Much more at the link --

[fivepennies]

1. Obama Orders Regulation Review to Boost U.S. Growth

to remove or overhaul those that stifle economic expansion without helping consumers, advancing his outreach to the business community.

By Nicholas Johnston and Mike Dorning -
Jan 18, 2011 10:16 AM MT .
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Obama wrote in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal today that he is mandating “a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive.” The initiative is part of an executive order he signed today, which he said would codify a “balanced” approach to regulation.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-18/obama-orders-regulation-review-to-boost-growth-wsj-reports.html

That was in January. Heard anything about this since then?

"In the statement he said the review will involve hundreds, if not thousands, of existing rules, the officials said on a conference call. Agencies have 120 days to provide a list of those they plan to look over and possibly eliminate."

Its been way more than 120 days. Where's the list?

And then there are state regulations, county regulations, city regulations ... on and on and on, with overlapping contradictory rules and regs. So how are we supposed to hire each other when the people who would like to start a business are burdened by such a multiplicity of onerous, outdated and useless rules?