Dog eat dog world
Philip Bump at the Post has drawn up a master list of all the protections and rules Trump has undone.
We’ve seen most of them before but a master list is always good to have.
Samples:
Revoked an executive order that mandated compliance by contractors with laws protecting women in the workplace. Prior to the 2014 order, a report found that companies with federal contracts worth millions of dollars had scores of violations of labor and civil rights laws.
Cancelled a rule mandating that financial advisers act in the best interests of their clients.
Repeal of a bill that mandated that employers maintain records of workplace injuries.
Rescinded an Obama effort to reduce mandatory sentences. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered that prosecutors seek the most stringent penalties possible in criminal cases.
Cancelled a phase-out of the use of private prisons.
Reversed the government’s position on a voter ID law in Texas. Under the Obama administration, the Justice Department argued that the law had discriminatory intent. Under Sessions, Justice withdrew that complaint. On Wednesday, a federal court threw out the law.
Rescinded a rule mandating that rising sea levels be considered when building public infrastructure in flood-prone areas.
Reversed an Obama ban on drilling for oil in the Arctic.
Rolled back school lunch standards championed by Michelle Obama.
Halted or cancelled hundreds of other minor regulatory actions.
Revoked a ban on denying funding for Planned Parenthood at the state level.
This stuff is why they put up with him.
This reads like a Republican wish list from at least the time of Reagan. We’re headed straight back in time, not to the 1950s (strong unions and a strong middle class) but to the 1880s. Next stop, company towns and scrip?
” Next stop, company towns and scrip?”
Why stop there? Encomiendas and indentured servitude?
For-profit prisons, mandatory minimum sentencing, and police gone wild already deliver indentured servitude.
Whilst his boss merrily pardons a racist, bent ex-sherrif who made no secret of his guilt.