Issue Position: Ending Job-Killing, Liberty Infringing Regulation

Issue Position

Like a couple sandbags in the bed of a pickup truck when there is snow on the ground, some regulations are necessary to keep the economy on the road. But for too long bureaucrats in Washington and Jefferson City haven't been willing to stop at what's necessary, burdening us with so much red tape that our economy is struggling. In 2015 alone, the Missouri Register of new regulations totaled over 1,900 pages--over three times as long as Moby Dick--and that's just from one year! As Governor, I will work to repeal burdensome state regulations and fight against illegal and unconstitutional federal regulations.

Action Plan:
*Order state officials to refuse to cooperate with illegal and unconstitutional power grabs by Washington insiders;

*Fight against President Obama and the EPA's attempt to implement the so-called Clean Power Plan, which would act as a tax on hardworking Missourians by dramatically increasing the cost of electricity that they pay to light their homes;

*Fight against President Obama and the EPA's proposed Waters of United States (WOTUS) regulation that is so broad that it even covers 98% of dry land all over our state, making it impossible for farmers to farm without worrying about the possibility of an arbitrary EPA attack on their rights;

*Fight Common Core or any new attempt by the federal government to dictate to parents and educators how we should educate our children;

*Impose a moratorium on all new, non-emergency regulations until we have a chance to review the regulations on the books and eliminate those that infringe on liberty or that are dragging our economy down;

*Start cutting away at overly long, overly burdensome regulations like the more than 10,000 words regulating our state's barbers, to promote small business and get our state working again;

*Require all state departments and agencies to provide written, binding responses to questions from business owners and farmers about whether a specific activity or practice violates state laws or regulations, so that Missourians will be able to go about their business with certainty about whether they are acting legally.

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