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PEBO Wants AEI Libertarian Opposed to Product Bans Deciding OMB's Health and Enviro Rules - Shadowproof

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What does the have to do with our ? Well, the OMB effectively has the last word on the regulations Federal agencies write to implement Federal Law. For decades, . At OMB, the entire Federal regulatory channel gets squeezed so narrowly that one person has the power to stop new rules. Who does PEBO want to put in command of OMB’s health and environmental rules? A Libertarian who predictably . Meet the new Borgias — same as the old Borgias. Meet our new BFF, .But as advisory board, Sunstein works for one of the nation’s most influential .But of course. Why should Cass waste his time on environmental justice when the AEI can write him checks? In a free market, everything’s for sale. Right, Cass?For a long time, the nation has been split between two types: old-style Democrats, favoring mandates and bans, and new(ish)-style Republicans, insisting that markets and free choice should be respected. Richard Thaler and , while also helping people to make better decisions.In short, we hope that libertarian paternalism might provide a real third way…. Thus, for example, libertarian paternalism offers fresh ways of thinking about the mortgage crisis, credit card reform, savings for retirement, prescription drugs, health care, environmental law…If you have small children, good ol’ Cass’s lucrative ideology gives them the freedom to suck down a whole lot more poison. Does it give us the freedom to have our food and water free of man-made poisons? Not so much. Folks, can’t you just feel the post-partisan love?Oh Brave New OMB to have such sophists in it!But wait, folks — there’s more! My new BFF Cass about the ! And writes about it . From last July:Regulations sometimes give rise to substitute risks. DDT, for example, is often regulated in the interest of protecting birds and human health. In poor nations, though, DDT bans eliminate what appears to be the most effective way of combating malaria – and thus significantly undermine public health.. The libertarians at Heartland sure , though.Or consider the "drug lag," produced whenever the government takes a highly precautionary approach to the introduction of new drugs. Stringent review protects people against inadequately tested drugs; but it will also prevent people from receiving the benefits of new medications. Is it "precautionary" to require extensive testing, or to do the opposite?Yay us – more Vioxx!loves Cass’s take on the Precautionary Principle…In particular, Prof. Sunstein has been a very strong opponent of the Precautionary Principle, which is the rock upon which many environmental regulatory initiatives are built.…and fuel economy standards. [They sez Glenn Reynolds loves Cass, too.]Thanks, Cass, for the object lesson in why .Much of the big money behind the conservative and libertarian think tanks can be traced back to foundations created by a handful of very wealthy individuals: Charles G. Koch and his brother David H. Koch, Richard Mellon Scaife, Adolph Coors, Lynde and Harry Bradley and John M. Olin.Cass, they’ll love seeing your move to Office of Management and Budget and . And they should: with an AEI Libertarian running the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs – , they’re getting exactly what they paid for.Cass, you may be too modest shrewd to show how hard you’ve worked on behalf of the Libertarians’ sugar daddies, but .How would progressives respond if President Bush nominated as "regulatory czar" a person who:– Once called for changing the Clean Air Act to require a in setting national clean air standards – who believe it would help them resist cleanup;– Urged the federal government to devalue senior citizens in calculating the benefits of federal regulations because "." This is a concept dubbed the "," and that environmentalists forced EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman to renounce in 2003;The Hamilton Project — and the neo-liberalism that owns it — wins again. . Cass, have they given you your bone yet, or is it waiting under the Supreme Court seat the same way Chief Justice Roberts’ was?Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our operating costs. Monthly membership subscriptions give us the stability we need to make plans while ensuring our organization does not depend on grants or major funders. If you like what you read, support our writers with a donation today.&nbsp;

What does the have to do with our ? Well, the OMB effectively has the last word on the regulations Federal agencies write to implement Federal Law. For decades, . At OMB, the entire Federal regulatory channel gets squeezed so narrowly that one person has the power to stop new rules. Who does PEBO want to put in command of OMB’s health and environmental rules? A Libertarian who predictably . Meet the new Borgias — same as the old Borgias. Meet our new BFF, .But as advisory board, Sunstein works for one of the nation’s most influential .But of course. Why should Cass waste his time on...

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