Staff Reports
Biden has managed to lower the bar in an impressively grotesque manner most reserved for a Hollywood horror flick. With just seven weeks left before handing the reins to President-elect Trump, the current occupant of the White House has set a new record that only a true Swamp dweller could be proud of. The Federal Register, the notorious publication that catalogs all government regulations and administrative proposals, has officially barrelled through the previous record held by former President Obama, reaching an astonishing total of 96,088 pages and still counting. It appears that adding bureaucratic red tape is the Biden administration’s idea of having a good time.
As the numbers climb, it’s worth noting that the final page of this year’s Federal Register serves as a sort of twisted tribute, adorned with Biden’s signature and a Thanksgiving message that hasn’t escaped the grip of political theatre. Amid the musings about America being the greatest country on Earth, one can only imagine how thankful the average American is for the extra regulations and confusing mandates impacting their daily lives. If Biden’s Thanksgiving prayer for unity involves more government rules, it’s clear that the only “togetherness” being achieved is further entanglement in bureaucratic nonsense.
Biden appears hell-bent on crushing Obama’s previous record of 95,894 pages set six years ago, and at the current rate, a catastrophic leap over the 100,000-page mark before Inauguration Day seems practically guaranteed. In a landscape of divided government, the Biden team has used its sympathetic federal agencies and a flurry of executive orders to lay down its regulation-heavy plans, leaving average Americans wondering just how many new hoops they’ll have to jump through next.
96,088 pages of regulations and “guidance” under Biden. We officially live in a dystopian Kafka novel. https://t.co/zvEFz0qzWa via @dcexaminer
— Roger Severino (@RogerSeverino_) December 4, 2024
In stark contrast, former President Trump had a game plan during his tenure—namely, about chopping ten regulations out for every new one proposed. This added a refreshing breeze of freedom during a time when Americans were feeling strangled by the very fabric of government. As he prepares to reclaim the Oval Office, Trump is tasked with dealing with the regulatory wreckage left behind by four years of unchecked liberal rule. Clyde Wayne Crews, a recognized expert on cagey federal regulations, has seen the storm brewing, predicting an impending spike in paperwork that would make Santa Claus nervous about his gift list.
Navigating the labyrinthine subsidies, grants, contracts, and the tangled web of regulation born from the Democrats’ spending spree presents its own unique challenges. Crews, observing the impending bureaucratic avalanche, has been clear—freezing and eliminating Biden’s regulations should be a top priority for Trump and Congress. As the country braves this new bureaucratic burden, the hope is for a swift regulatory rollback so Americans can grip the reins of their lives again, rather than be swept along in a bureaucratic tsunami.
