The leading figure in that fight to cut red tape and shut down entire federal agencies was none other than Jimmy Carter.
The resulting Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, signed by Carter, killed the Civil Aeronautics Board-a federal agency that decided which airlines could fly where, and even what they could charge.
In 1978, President Carter signed a bill that lifted Prohibition-era criminal restrictions on home brewing.
The governor of California during Carter's presidency was none other than Jerry Brown, then known as "Governor Moonbeam" for his far-out musings, glittery social life, and lefty politics.
Even while some sectors were unleashed four decades ago by far-seeing Democrats and Republicans alike, too many governments at the local, state, and federal levels have forgotten those lessons, and instead imposed entirely new categories of regulations.
While President Trump has cut the number of pages in the Federal Register by about one-third since he took office, there are still some 67 federal departments, agencies, and commissions currently working on more than 3,000 new regulations.
So how did the party of Jimmy Carter and sideburns-era Jerry Brown become the ideological home of Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? One explanation may be that Democratic support for deregulation back then was born out of a sense of nearly hopeless desperation in the face of stagflation.
http://reason.com/reasontv/2018/12/12/when-democrats-loved-deregulation
The resulting Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, signed by Carter, killed the Civil Aeronautics Board-a federal agency that decided which airlines could fly where, and even what they could charge.
In 1978, President Carter signed a bill that lifted Prohibition-era criminal restrictions on home brewing.
The governor of California during Carter's presidency was none other than Jerry Brown, then known as "Governor Moonbeam" for his far-out musings, glittery social life, and lefty politics.
Even while some sectors were unleashed four decades ago by far-seeing Democrats and Republicans alike, too many governments at the local, state, and federal levels have forgotten those lessons, and instead imposed entirely new categories of regulations.
While President Trump has cut the number of pages in the Federal Register by about one-third since he took office, there are still some 67 federal departments, agencies, and commissions currently working on more than 3,000 new regulations.
So how did the party of Jimmy Carter and sideburns-era Jerry Brown become the ideological home of Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? One explanation may be that Democratic support for deregulation back then was born out of a sense of nearly hopeless desperation in the face of stagflation.
http://reason.com/reasontv/2018/12/12/when-democrats-loved-deregulation
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