Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy.
If there’s an upside to the state-mandated shutdowns in response to the coronavirus outbreak, it was how many rules and regulations were suspended to help businesses survive.
Now, Idaho is looking to make at least some of the regulatory changes made out of necessity permanent:
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a new executive order on “Regulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery.” It is “focused on reducing barriers to economic recovery, waiving licensing provisions, increasing telehealth access, and augmenting healthcare capacity.”
Specifically, the governor’s order addresses what to do with the 150-plus regulations that Idaho state agencies waived in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Perhaps most importantly, it eliminates the presumption that the affected rules are in the public interest. It states that “if waiving these regulations was deemed necessary to improve public health and welfare during the declared emergency, there is a rebuttable presumption that the regulations are unnecessary or counterproductive outside of the declared emergency.” In other words, if government officials viewed an existing rule as such a hindrance to response efforts during a serious public health emergency that they waived it, then the rule may not be right for normal conditions either.
This is exactly the mindset all levels of government should take into the post-pandemic world. Regrettably, and despite any evidence to the contrary, too many officials are more inclined to regulate more activity more closely for much longer.
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Good for Idaho..you guys have a good & obviously, smart, Governor!!!
President Trump needs to put his foot down against the CDC and Dr. Fauci and Dr. Redfield and tell them to get lost. They are with the Anti-American, Anti-Trump Chinese, and these Democrat Deep State to take down President Trump. If you did not notice the CDC started saying that the Coronavirus is back right after President had his Rallie. They are lying because they do not want Trump to win. After all, Trump rallies are a very big threat to them. And Believe me, these Democrats do have very EVIL PLANS FOR US ALL.
MAD MAN YOU MY FRIEND ARE A GENIUS. IF’n you have any spare brain cells, please consider being a donor
to many in need over at the DNC and CDC. Thank you; you shall have many stars in your crown.
JIM, You ae the one that is bias. What the man said makes a lot of sense, and I agree with his comments….and spare me the brain cells comment [- just shows your ignorance/
John 91 and counting
JIM, You ae the one that is bias. What the man said makes a lot of sense, and I agree with his comments….and spare me the brain cells comment [- just shows your ignorance/
John 91 and counting
Great move. I wish more governors would do the same, we would have a healthier nation.
Idaho Gov. makes the WA. Sate Gov. look as a total MORON