{"id":21065,"date":"2026-01-12T23:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=21065"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:16:30","slug":"federal-red-tape-plunges-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=21065","title":{"rendered":"Federal Red Tape Plunges Under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Regulation isn’t just an annoyance\u2014it’s a prosperity killer. At the end of 2024, the MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index found<\/a> that “51% of small businesses say navigating regulatory compliance requirements is negatively impacting their growth” and that “almost as many (47%) say their business spends too much time fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the affordability of housing a major concern, the National Association of Home Builders warns<\/a> that “regulations account for nearly 25% of the cost of a single-family home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The real test ahead is whether deregulation will be made durable by Congress or be left to the whims of the executive officeholder,” Crews emphasizes. “Unfortunately for the Trump project, meaningful reform requires more than freezes and ratios. Congress needs to make the ‘Unrules project’ permanent, and to end the laundering of regulation by means other than the conventional rules featured in this roundup.””  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Regulation isn’t just an annoyance\u2014it’s a prosperity killer. At the end of 2024, the MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index found that “51% of small businesses say navigating regulatory compliance requirements is negatively impacting their growth” and that “almost as many (47%) say their business spends too much time fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements.”<\/p>\n

With the affordability of housing a major concern, the National Association of Home Builders warns that “regulations account for nearly 25% of the cost of a single-family home.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The real test ahead is whether deregulation will be made durable by Congress or be left to the whims of the executive officeholder,” Crews emphasizes. “Unfortunately for the Trump project, meaningful reform requires more than freezes and ratios. Congress needs to make the ‘Unrules project’ permanent, and to end the laundering of regulation by means other than the conventional rules featured in this roundup.”” <\/p>\n

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