And not all agencies regulate with the same vigor. Veterans' Affairs sends out checks, not regulations. But the Environmental Protection Agency's forte is new rules. For instance, it plans to issue 430 rules in the next 12 months. More than a third, or 163, will affect small businesses.
Regulations take Washington off the hook.
Because they're not line items in a budget, regulations let politicians wreak all sorts of havoc on the public with little accountability. If the heat gets too high, they can always blame unelected bureaucrats. But until the GOP Congress starts to rein in regulators, Clinton's efforts to expand the reach of government will continue - balanced budget or not. Material presented on this home page constitutes opinion of the author. All rights reserved.