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Reeling in the Red Tape

What to Know: President Trump has issued an executive order demanding that many regulations, suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, be repealed permanently.

The TPPF Take: The executive order will help get the U.S. economy roaring again.

“President Trump’s executive order will result in the unprecedented contraction of the Administrative State,” says TPPF’s John Hostettler. “This order recognizes that bureaucratic hurdles, by nature, impede progress and recovery during times of national distress and compels agencies to examine and rescind regulations which no longer secure the prosperity and blessings of liberty to all Americans.”

Stop Right There

What to Know: Tarrant County Judge Glenn Whitley has removed a portion of an executive order that claimed the county has the right to “commandeer or use any private property” for temporary housing or emergency shelters during the pandemic.

The TPPF Take: We need not trade liberty for public health and safety.

“Local officials cannot be allowed to run amuck and take advantage of a crisis,” says TPPF’s Shelby Sterling. “The Legislature would do well with addressing these issues of overreaching local government authority during declarations of disaster. The powers of local officials need to be reviewed and clarified.”

Free Fallin’

What to Know: The government-ordered lockdowns have sent the California economy into a free fall.

The TPPF Take: The COVID-19 lockdown orders are really just an extension of the anti-business sentiment within the California state government and new tax hikes may make it worse.

“With California’s higher taxes, greater red tape compliance costs, higher labor and land costs, and more litigious environment, business analysts estimate that companies can save 32 percent of their operating costs by moving out of California to states such as Texas,” notes TPPF’s Chuck DeVore. “If California does enact a series of tax increases, it may well accelerate the economic damage done by the virus from Wuhan, China.”