Trump’s Wrecking Crew

11/4/17
 
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from TIME Magazine,
10/26/17:

Demolition Crew: How Trump’s Cabinet is Dismantling Governeme3nt As We Know It.

Quietly, the Administration has taken thousands of actions, affecting everyone from the poorest day laborer to the richest investment banker. And it’s touting its work. “No President or Administration has deregulated or withdrawn as many anticipated regulatory actions as this one in this short amount of time,” says White House communications director Hope Hicks.

How you feel about those efforts may depend on how you vote. An October 2017 Pew Research Center report found that 66% of Democrats believe government regulation of business is necessary to protect the public interest, compared with just 31% of Republicans. That’s one of the greatest partisan divides on the issue in decades.

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