Brett Guthrie Is a Lying Moron, Part 5

His latest attempt to moronify Kentucky's Second District lies about regulations.

The top priority in the 112th Congress has been to get our economy back on track and create jobs.

Right off the bat with one that's giving his ass third-degree burns. The top priority of repugs in the 112th Congress has been destroying the economy in order to defeat President Obama. That's why Brett and his fellow traitors have rejected the president's American Jobs Act, which every rational economist on the planet insists is the only way to create jobs and rescue the economy.

One key obstacle to restarting growth in our country has been the deluge of new and expensive regulations on businesses and communities coming from Washington, D.C. These regulations, written by unelected bureaucrats, often defy commonsense and bring enormous compliance costs with them for job creators, as well as state and local governments.

A three-alarm lie. There has been no "deluge" of regulations, and the few we have are neither "new" nor "expensive." Those "unelected bureaucrats" he sneers at are public servants who work for the public good - like cops, teachers, firefighters, social workers, sanitation workers and snow-plow drivers. Yes, Brett Guthrie hates you and all your 99-percenter neighbors.

Yesterday, the House took steps closer to putting a halt to the over-regulation coming from Washington by passing H.R. 10, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act.

Regulations that ensure the water coming out of our faucets is clean enough to drink, that our children's toys won't kill them, that the people who prepare our food wash their hands, that nursing homes have to treat our elders with care and dignity. Brett Guthrie wants to eliminate all that.

The legislation, which was introduced by Rep. Geoff Davis (KY-04), ensures congressional review and approval of any government regulation that has an impact on the economy of $100 million or more. America’s small businesses spend an estimated $10,500 per employee to comply with federal regulations. This means fewer resources are available to reinvest in their business and hire new employees.

Hmmm. Shortly after the House passed that legislation with virtually no Democratic votes, Geoff Davis announced he is not seeking re-election. To spend more time with his family, he claims. Only if he marries the monster corporations and Wall Streeters who are probably paying him back for the REINS Act with a no-show job for millions of dollars a year.

Responsible regulations are important to protecting public health, safety and a clean environment. However, for the last two and a half years, bureaucrats have overreached with new regulations while hiding their staggering costs. And with the new health care and financial services laws directing the executive branch and federal agencies to create even more new rules and regulations, the REINS Act is needed now more than ever.

That's not so much a lie as it is a monster blowjob to the giant corporations who steal trillions from the public purse while paying no taxes at all. It is exactly the regulations that protect public health, safety and the environment that giant corporations most hate and demand be eliminated.

McClatchy has the facts about regulations:

Politicians and business groups often blame excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes for tepid hiring in the economy. However, little evidence of that emerged when McClatchy canvassed a random sample of small business owners across the nation.

"Government regulations are not 'choking' our business, the hospitality business," Bernard Wolfson, the president of Hospitality Operations in Miami, told The Miami Herald. "In order to do business in today's environment, government regulations are necessary and we must deal with them. The health and safety of our guests depend on regulations. It is the government regulations that help keep things in order."

Guthrie again:

I look forward to continuing to support this and other bills that will restore regulatory certainty to America’s economy. By removing the layers of onerous, redundant and unnecessary regulation that government has heaped on American businesses, we can re-energize job creation and prosperity in America.

The REINS Act, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, is a huge step forward in turning the United States into a unregulated libertarian paradise.

Like Somalia.