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Obama Takes Aim at Regulation as GOP Targets Health Care Law

By Joseph SchumanJan 18th 2011 – 3:05PM
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To regulate or not to regulate? That is the question President Barack Obama is ordering every federal agency and office to ask in a government-wide review aimed at eliminating rules on the books that are outdated, stifle job creation or make the U.S. economy less competitive. But the initiative seems focused as much on...

Opinion: Business to Blame for Anti-Business Mood

By Marty RobinsJul 8th 2010 – 10:45AM

(July 8) -- At a speech in late June, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said that if you want to know why businesses aren't hiring, look to Washington. "By reaching into virtually every sector of economic life, government is injecting uncertainty into the marketplace and making it harder to raise capital and create new...

Opinion: Making Banks Too Small to Succeed?

Jan 22nd 2010 – 12:00PM

(Jan. 22) – On Thursday, the Obama administration introduced its proposal for dealing with the "too big to fail" problem for banks. "Too big to fail" refers to the idea that big banks are such an important part of a complex interconnected economy that the government doesn't dare let them fail. And how does President...

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Bruce A. Barron: Medical Practice and Government Regulation

By Bruce A. Barron Nov 08th 2011 - 01:01PM

This is hard to believe, but the standard for approval of medical devices is safety and effectiveness, which is interpreted to mean a new device is equivalent to a previously-approved device. Read more:

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FACT CHECK: Regulations not a huge jobs killer

By Calvin Woodward And Christopher S. Rugaber Oct 11th 2011 - 10:46PM

WASHINGTON -Is regulation strangling the American entrepreneur?

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Government Regulations Create Huge Costs for Manufacturers

By Michele Nash-Hoff Aug 25th 2011 - 06:03PM

Do you remember playing a game when you were a child where you tried your best not to walk on any cracks in the sidewalk so the "big bad bear" wouldn't get you or you wouldn't break your mother's back?

Background on government regulation

Regulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities.

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