Want to know why unemployment is high, jobs are moving overseas and so many commercial buildings are empty?
Here are some hints: FLSA, IRS, workers comp, FMLA, unemployment, ADA, Obamacare, DOL, EEOC, OSHA, OASDI, Sarbox, plaintiff’s attorneys, EPA, unions, I-9, plus an array of industry-specific controls (banking, education, health, energy).
Obama didn’t create these regulations, but he’s rapidly increased their complexity and intensified enforcement in ways that suffocate employers. For example, Obama spent hundreds of millions in stimulus dollars to hire Dept of Labor agents to enforce the over-reaching FLSA rules. He boasts that he created jobs, but he’s actually squandered hard-earned taxpayer money to harass job creators.
The mounting heap of regulations distracts leaders from growing jobs and causes uncertainty that stifles growth. Hordes of bureaucrats keep attacking until good people are made to feel like lawbreakers.
Democrats don't understand the difference between governing and micromanaging. Their obsession with redistributing wealth is simply spreading misery.
