"The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that President Donald Trump's budget plan would produce deficits of $9.5 trillion over the coming decade instead of the $7.2 trillion promised by the White House."
"The journalist said she was grabbed by the shoulders and shoved outside. The EPA said there was no room but later reversed course and let the reporters in."
"In a competitive field of contestants, no single Cabinet member so fully, so unapologetically inhabits the swamp President Trump vowed to drain than Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt — which is about as far as his concern for wetlands goes. Oh sure, Pruitt’s not the only one to gorge on travel privileges, insisting on first-class flights, if you please. But he brews a uniquely toxic stew of personal entanglements with industries he regulates, extreme pro-polluter policies that mock the EPA’s mission, and — neatly encapsulated in a $43,000 soundproof privacy booth — contempt for the public he serves. A more functional White House would have sent this Swamp Thing packing long ago. Trump instead reportedly called Pruitt Monday to coo sweet encouragement in the face of calls for his resignation.
"The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. It was approved, after much debate (between July 1776 and November 1777), by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, and sent to the states for ratification. The Articles of Confederation came into force on March 1, 1781, after being ratified by all 13 states. A guiding principle of the Articles was to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the states. The federal government received only those powers which the colonies had recognized as belonging to king and parliament."
Sensible regulation, combined with the innovations brought on by capitalism, helps to make better products for the American families.💡💡 Are there better ways to make products safer and less polluting, while preserving the quality and affordabilty of services they provide? 🏭I believe there often are — sometimes it poses technological challenges — but we have scientists and engineers that can find good solutions to tough problems.🔬
Many times businesses are risk-adverse, unwilling to change unless the government pushes them. Why take a risk or invest in expensive new engineering if consumers are not demanding it, despite an obvious social good.😣 People want a product that does what they need, they aren’t concerned that much about the externalities. 🚗 Granted, not all new technologies are perfect when they are first adopted, but the markets will help make the technologies better for the consumer.👬
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created after the financial crisis to protect Americans from being ripped off by financial firms. Now, President Trump's interim appointee to run the bureau, Mick Mulvaney, is making radical changes to deter the agency from aggressively pursuing its mission."