The Patriot Post® · Obama Added $330 in Regulations Per Citizen This Year

The rolls of red tape have streamed from the Obama administration’s offices thanks to the president’s so-called “Year of Action.” The cronies in Washington have already saddled the nation with $100 billion in regulatory burdens in just six months – with more regulations expected in the coming months, like the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed greenhouse gas standards. The burden works out to about $330 per person, but some states have been hit harder than others. “The manufacturing and energy industry are primarily affected, and thus, so is the Midwest,” The Federalist’s Sam Batkins writes. “Ohio and Pennsylvania ranked third and fourth in 2014 regulatory burdens, with more than $11.4 billion in combined costs. Michigan and Indiana are also in the top ten, with $6.3 billion in burdens between them. On a per capita basis, the energy-rich states of Alaska, Wyoming, and Louisiana, are all in the top five. Their average per-person regulatory burden: $640, or three times Maryland’s paltry share of $209.” Such burdensome regulations don’t exactly help the middle class. More…