The Staggering Cost of Gov't Regulations

[Eupher]

This Small Business Administration report says $1.75 TRILLION PER YEAR in 2008.

That's right. $1.75 trillion.

Small businesses get hit the hardest.

http://archive.sba.gov/advo/research/rs371tot.pdf

Here are more detailed reports in spreadsheet format, with embedded links, for the cost of Dodd-Frank, Obamacare, and an overall Regulation databased. Here's a takeaway: in 2011 alone, arguably a slow year due to the upcoming election, Obama's minions published $231.4 BILLION in new regulations.

http://americanactionforum.org/sams-regulation-rodeo

[Bad Dog]

Most liberals I have talked to see these compliance costs the same way they see wellfare/disability etc.  It is Kensyan economic activity which actually returns $1.50 back to the economy for each $1.00 spent.  This type of thing & hundreds of thousands of folks leaving the workforce are going to cause the economy to boom any minute.  Do I need a sarc. tag?

P.S.  Spell check wants to change Kensyan to Kenyan.  Anybody else suspicious?

[Eupher]

Well, I think it's "Keynesian".

No matter how it's spelled, it's wrong.