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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Slippery Slope
Date: 04/07/23 11:42 AM
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bighairymike: Don't think there is a slippery slope when it comes to government restrictions....

Think again.



Actually, former president George W. Bush did that (through the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007). Trump, is his giddy desire to rollback anything Obama touched (Obama had issued two regulations under the EISA amendments), in 2019 said who needs to save money or energy?


From your link:

Still, the new rules were decades in the making, and reflect a bi-partisan undertaking. Energy efficiency standards were part of legislation approved during George W. Bush's presidency, and then picked up by the Obama administration.

The average American family will save $100 a year.

Oh, the humanity.
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