Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Seeks $15 Billion in Damages From US

Bravo! Make this demented and senile 46th President of the United States pay for his stupid Executive Orders of day one! Unfortunately, it will be ultimately the citizens who pay for the damages!

"Energy company TC Energy has said it is seeking $15 billion in damages from the United States government over President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline project.

In a statement on Friday, the Canada-based company said it had filed a notice of intent with the State Department to begin a legacy North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) claim under the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement. ..."

Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Seeks $15 Billion in Damages From US

Biden has signed twice as many executive orders as immediate predecessors

The cognitively impaired 46th President of the United States has taken government by executive order to new and very worrying extremes!

"... As of March 10, which marked Biden's first 50 days in office, he had signed 37 EOs, according the FederalRegister.gov. That number compares to 16 for President Trump, 17 for President Obama and eight for President George W. Bush. ..."

Biden has signed twice as many executive orders as immediate predecessors

Signing Presidential Executive Orders Showtime

What an outdated, almost bizarre looking ritual! Why are the orders enclosed in these thick folders? What are all these pens about?

Will the next president be signing over 100 EOs on the first day in office in the same manner?

 

Biden’s Worst Executive Order Went Almost Entirely Unnoticed

Recommendable!

"... The order also seems harmless enough, going by the seemingly innocent title “Modernizing Regulatory Review.”[1/20/2021] Except this order isn’t about modernizing regulations. It’s about unleashing the regulatory state with a ferocity never before seen in this country. ...

aims to effectively toss the cost-benefit analysis that for many decades has served as at least a modest brake on the ambitions of regulators. In the past, regulations where the cost of compliance far exceeded the benefits could be stymied by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Biden wants the review process instead to be “a tool to affirmatively promote regulations” and “to ensure swift and effective federal action” on everything from the pandemic, to the economy, to racial inequality, to the “undeniable reality and accelerating threat of climate change.”[] In other words … everything. ...

One of Trump’s biggest – unsung – achievements in the White House was his effort to rein in the regulatory state. A lifelong businessman, Trump understood – in a way lifelong politicians cannot – the avalanche of regulations that fall on a business and the enormous costs they impose. One of his very first actions was the two-for-one order.

CEI’s Crews says that Trump actually exceeded that goal, with agencies getting rid of 4.3 rules for every new one.

The Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisers calculated that the deregulatory measures taken over the past four years saved households an average of $3,100 a year. And while there’s some debate over the extent of the benefits from Trump’s efforts, the undeniable fact is that he slowed the regulatory current.

Even so, the regulatory state today imposes $1.9 trillion in costs, according to CEI. That is an enormous hidden tax on families. ..."

"... These recommendations should provide concrete suggestions on how the regulatory review process can promote public health and safety, economic growth, social welfare, racial justice, environmental stewardship, human dignity, equity, and the interests of future generations.  The recommendations should also include proposals that would ensure that regulatory review serves as a tool to affirmatively promote regulations that advance these values.  These recommendations should be informed by public engagement with relevant stakeholders. ..." (Source)

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