The White House has done nothing but throw this country under the bus. Now the reality is coming to light.
Because the Biden-Harris admin got smacked with an incriminating report that they can’t escape from.
The Biden-Harris administration has saddled taxpayers with a staggering $1.8 trillion in regulatory costs, according to a watchdog group committed to promoting free-market policies. This figure highlights the stark contrast between Biden’s heavy-handed regulatory approach and the deregulatory stance expected when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
Dan Goldbeck, director of regulatory policy at the American Action Forum (AAF), highlighted the Biden administration’s impact in a recent analysis.
Writing shortly after the election, Goldbeck noted that the outcome signals “a return of the Trump Administration and its more deregulatory posture come January 20, 2025.”
However, he warned that Biden’s bureaucrats are poised to impose even more regulatory burdens before Trump’s inauguration.
“For the time being … agencies under the current Biden Administration continue their regulatory programs apace,” Goldbeck explained. He pointed to recent rule-makings, including a Department of Homeland Security proposal on cybersecurity and a Department of Health and Human Services rule imposing significant administrative burdens.
“Across all rulemakings, agencies published $3.1 billion in total costs and added 3.5 million annual paperwork burden hours,” he added.
The AAF compared the regulatory costs of the last three administrations, revealing Biden’s record-setting $1.8 trillion in burdens. In contrast, Trump’s first administration added just $2.1 billion, while Obama’s regulations cost $491.3 billion.
Clyde Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute called Biden’s more-than $1 trillion regulatory costs for 2024 “shocking,” pointing out that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards alone account for $870 billion.
Crews noted that the incoming Trump administration plans to reintroduce its aggressive deregulatory strategy, aiming to eliminate ten rules for every new significant regulatory action.
Crews also highlighted another dubious Biden milestone: the administration has added 89,476 pages to the Federal Register this year, the second-highest yearly total in history — with over a month left to go.
Federal Election Commission Chairman Sean Cooksey has urged Republicans in Congress to block any last-minute rules rushed through by Biden’s agencies.
“Every Biden-appointed agency head should also be on notice,” Cooksey warned, emphasizing that under the Congressional Review Act, repealed rules cannot be reintroduced in similar forms.
“One of President Trump’s greatest opportunities next year is to cut the Biden administration’s red tape and to free American people and businesses from the bureaucracy,” Cooksey told the Washington Examiner.
He expressed confidence that Trump and a Republican Congress will leverage every tool available to dismantle burdensome regulations.
Trump’s bold deregulatory agenda will also feature leadership from business moguls Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who will co-lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Speaking with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, Ramaswamy pledged sweeping reforms to tackle “the swamp” of unelected bureaucrats wielding unchecked power.
“The failures of the executive branch need to be addressed because the dirty little secret right now is the people we elect to run the government, they’re not the ones who actually run the government,” Ramaswamy said.
He outlined plans for extensive executive actions to restore accountability, drawing on recent Supreme Court rulings that have curtailed the administrative state.
“This is about restoring self-governance and accountability in America,” Ramaswamy declared, vowing to overhaul ineffective regulatory systems and bring swift, transformative change to Washington.
“With the tools the Supreme Court has given us in recent years, we’re going to move quickly.”
Under Trump’s leadership, the dismantling of Biden-era regulatory overreach appears imminent, offering hope to businesses and taxpayers burdened by bureaucracy.
Stay tuned to the DC Daily Journal.
