tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3433838900583722123..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Is Trump Really Cutting Regulations?SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-41718335560977930572017-05-02T14:07:25.062-04:002017-05-02T14:07:25.062-04:00Most humans fall for political rulers who are bad ...Most humans fall for political rulers who are bad boys. If citizens aren't getting their wishes cruely thrown back in their face, they don't get that tingle up their leg. Being politically dominated and then politically ravished by someone you're attracted to is scary and fun. Power is sexy.<br /><br />Consider instead how most people react when their plumber or builder or mechanic disregards their wishes. They're furious, and they act to stop their former agent getting away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-60577773516073172712017-05-02T13:01:20.923-04:002017-05-02T13:01:20.923-04:00Not a problem.
I've noticed that even when ...Not a problem. <br /><br />I've noticed that even when they follow the NPRM process, often it's just for appearance. That they're going to pass the rules is guaranteed before they open comments. Under the FCC, I've seen NPRMs with dozens of great comments from real industry experts completely ignored. Michael Powell, chair of the FCC under W and Colin Powell's son, was infamous for that. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-16007595022225310252017-05-02T12:49:59.848-04:002017-05-02T12:49:59.848-04:00I just needed to knee-jerk is all.
Heck, even get...I just needed to knee-jerk is all.<br /><br />Heck, even getting them to obey the comments portion of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making would help. I still don't have a written reply to my comment posted about ATF 41P.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-80464437300278573062017-05-02T09:56:19.231-04:002017-05-02T09:56:19.231-04:00Slowing the rate of increase is not a decrease.
O...<i>Slowing the rate of increase is not a decrease.</i><br /><br />Of course. I said it's a start, not that we're there.<br /><br />The complications are we don't know if they can or will post negative numbers, we don't know if agencies can rescind regulations without posting a regulation saying something else, and a few other complications. <br /><br />The purpose of Regulations.gov is a central place where people can comment on proposed regulations. The Feds have a detailed process they're supposed to follow for implementing regulations (which they regularly break, but that's the Feds for you); they put the idea up for comments; issue a Notice of Proposed Rule Making and take comments on how their draft addresses the issue, then respond to the comments before they release the new rules. It leads me to think the most likely way regulations will be deleted will be by issuing something like, "we are removing obsolete rules xx.yyy sections zz through aa; it has been bb years since we've needed these rules". <br /><br />I hope not, but given how the Feds work, I wouldn't be surprised. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-2768561390282838402017-05-02T09:15:51.141-04:002017-05-02T09:15:51.141-04:00It stares one in the face for a bit before it hits...It stares one in the face for a bit before it hits you.<br /><br />Slowing the rate of increase is not a decrease.<br /><br />Just like the "budget cuts" where the press screamed bloody murder that a given line item getting a 5% increase instead of a 15% increase was a decrease.<br /><br />A smaller increase is still an increase. I want to see the number of new regulations have a negative sign on it.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-65583817389329617542017-05-01T09:08:13.007-04:002017-05-01T09:08:13.007-04:00It's hard to say. I used the search function ...It's hard to say. I used the search function to look for that sort of proposed regulation, but didn't find any obvious examples. It returned about 25 results for the phrase "hereby repealed" but none of them were recent (we're talking years ago). <br /><br />My guess is that will happen, and it makes it harder to see if the regulation reduction is really happening. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81441644317923298812017-05-01T08:36:24.115-04:002017-05-01T08:36:24.115-04:00Does repeal of a regulation count as a regulation?...Does repeal of a regulation count as a regulation? I.E., is ``Regulation XYZ is hereby repealed'' going to be counted as another regulation on that site?<br /><br />If so, under Trump's goal of repealing two to impose one new, there would be a more than two thirds decline in new regulations hidden under that 13% drop in total (new and repealed together) proposed regulations.<br /><br />That assumes that the converged beaurocracies are actually adhering to Trump's stayed goal ...Ominous Cowherdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-7678669075636651282017-05-01T03:34:07.100-04:002017-05-01T03:34:07.100-04:00We can't form a "skunkworks country"...<i>We can't form a "skunkworks country" that can get around our laws and create a more mobile, productive society.</i><br /><br />Sure we can. Home Improvement stores exist for homeowners to evade building permits. Uber to evade taxi licenses. Remote work to evade labor laws. ebay to evade FCC electronic device testing and product safety liability.<br /><br />Now we just need to invent X to evade taxation and Y to evade policemen. X and Y trade off, do one of them well enough and the other is unnecessary.<br /><br />The personal defense weapon, the handgun, has barely changed in the last 100 years. Gun control has been successful at preventing the invention of Y. However, give a bitcoin competitor a mint mark, so Sam's bitcoins can be backed by Sam's metal coins, and there's your X.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com