Donald Trump signs Executive Order designed to cut regulations

 Donald Trump seems to be on a mission to implement all of his campaign promises as soon as possible and he has been doing it through Executive Order rather than wait on the Congress. Regular readers of America’s Watchtower know that I am not a fan of governing through Executive Order but I guess this is the country we live in now.

  I do not like it but to date it does not seem as if Donald Trump has exceeded his authority. The left would say his so-called “Muslim ban” is an unconstitutional power grab because Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution grants the Congress the right to create naturalization laws, however the courts have always given the President leeway on immigration and this has nothing to do with naturalization. But I digress…

   Today Donald Trump signed yet another Executive Order, this time trying to make good on his campaign promise of cutting back Federal regulations.Under this order an agency will have to eliminate two regulations for every regulation they wish to add. Here is more:

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aiming to kickstart campaign pledges to slash regulations.

The measure will expand regulatory review with the goal of revoking two regulations for every new one put forward, according to a senior administration official. Under the order, federal agencies will propose rules they want to drop and the White House will review them.

With the order, Trump followed through on repeated campaign promises to cut rules that he said hold back the economy. In meetings with business leaders since his election, Trump has touted his efforts to reduce regulations and cut corporate taxes.

 

While signing the order surrounded by small business owners, Trump called it “the largest ever cut by far in terms of regulation.” It sets a budget each year for what new regulations would cost the economy, companies and employers.

“There will be regulation, there will be control, but it will be a normalized control,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

  As you all probably know I was not a supporter of Donald Trump because I did not believe has was the person he was claiming to be during the election, however so far he is holding true to his campaign promises and that is actually kind of refreshing. I do have to admit, however, that it is time for him to back off the Executive Orders and let the Congress do its job.

malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium