Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Desperate Times Part IV

Other regulations:

36. Restore the governmental separation of powers by preventing the Legislature from delegating rule-making authority to regulatory agencies.

37. Eliminate most of the 200 occupational licensure mandates, which are primarily protectionist in nature.

38. Repeal a recent law that essentially restores the monopoly of old-line electric utilities and imposes "renewable energy" mandates on electric companies.

39. Disband a state agency "workgroup" that is drafting "ergonomics" regulations to be imposed on businesses, and prohibit state agencies from enforcing any such mandates.

40. End all permitting and licensing functions in individual departments - including the Department of Environmental Quality - and reconstitute them in a new and separate department whose only function is to issue permits.

41. Repeal the "minimum wage" law, which makes it unlawful to pay a person less than $7.40 per hour, regardless of voluntary agreements between an employer and employees.

42. Pre-empt local governments from adopting so-called "living wage" ordinances, which typically raise the minimum wage that must be paid by businesses holding substantial city contracts.

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