The Clinton team is bragging that for the first time in 30 years it's submitted a balanced budget. And those numbers come out even. But other numbers show that what President Clinton can't do in the budget, he's going to try to do with regulations.
Businesses are well aware of the costs of regulation.
They also know these costs have been growing under Clinton. Now we know how much. In a paper due out this week, Clyde Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute concludes regulatory costs are out of control. By any yardstick, it's not pretty. Federal Register page counts offer another measure.