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Michelle,

Thanks for sharing the National Review article.  I liked the analogy of applauding the Obama Administration's effort on regulations like you'd applaud a golfer for achieving a triple bogey in golf.

I've seen bits of information here and there regarding the costs of the regulation being imposed or proposed on all the various segments of the agriculture industry.  I think it would be a worthy effort to try to compile this information into one concise document.  Perhaps this already exists?

I would imagine the grand total is in the billions of dollars from just our industry alone.  From the National Review article, I guess EPA somehow considers this an economic stimulus.  I think most reasonable people considers this a drag on our economy and stalling economic growth. 

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Steve Taylor
President
Missouri Agribusiness Association
Jefferson City MO
(573) 636-6130
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Sent: 08-26-2011 06:01
From: Michelle Hummel
Subject: Efforts to Reduce the Regulatory Burden on Business - What is the real impact?

Earlier this week, the Obama administration announced the results of an eight-month government-wide review designed to reduce the regulatory impact on business. Every federal department was ordered to put forward a plan to do away with red tape. An interesting article in the National Review explains why the real impact of this effort will likely have a very minimal impact on reducing the regulatory burden on business.

All of this follows President Obama's recent visit to Illinois where he dismissed farmers' concerns about excessive regulations as "rumors ginned up by lobbyists and associations in D.C."  Check out Daren Coppock's blog on Regulatory Rumors.

We're interested in hearing what you think. Reply to this discussion post or submit a comment to Daren's blog post.

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Michelle Hummel
Agricultural Retailers Association
Washington DC
(202) 457-0825
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