If you had watched ABC’s This Week show on Sunday, not only would you have likely been bored to tears, but you would have seen the nation’s top proponent of devaluing our currency, Paul Krugman, claim that there is no evidence that government regulation is helping keep our unemployment rating as high as it is.
Ignoring the numerous news stories of these facts is his speciality, because he has a narrative to push.
So one member of the US Senate is looking to give Krugman and those like him some evidence he cannot ignore:
Senator Ron Johnson (WI), Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting and Oversight today announced the release of the first installment of his Victims of Government project. The series will perform oversight of the cost and impact of unnecessary, ineffective, and excessive federal regulations. Johnson also invited anyone who has been dealing with excess regulation to submit their stories on his Senate website.
“The root cause of our economic and fiscal problems is the size, the scope, and the cost of government – all the rules, all the regulations, and all the government intrusion into our lives,” Johnson said. “The Victims of Government series is designed to demonstrate that – in a very personal and powerful way. Over-regulation consumes massive amounts of the people’s money, too often lacks common sense, has no heart, costs jobs and economic growth.”
If you know a business owner of any size, send them to Senator Johnson’s site to tell their personal story.
I have little doubt that if every business owner who is suffering or has suffered under the overwhelming regulations and edicts of the government were put their stories on a page or two that they would soon stack up as high as the Obamacare bill.