📋OMB directive requires agencies eliminate 10 regulations per new rule

Trump's executive order requiring agencies to eliminate ten regulations for each new rule essentially prevents new safety protections from being created. This mathematical formula replaces policy analysis with arbitrary quotas, making it impossible to address emerging threats like toxic chemicals or financial fraud.

Industry lobbyists gain unprecedented power to select which public protections disappear while well-connected companies keep beneficial regulations that harm competitors. This turns regulatory policy into a corporate favor bank where political influence matters more than public safety or economic efficiency.

Regulatory elimination through executive orders avoids congressional debate, public comment periods, and judicial review that usually protect citizens from harmful policy changes. Presidents gain dictatorial control over laws affecting workplace safety, environmental protection, and consumer rights without democratic input.

Regulations preventing food contamination, financial fraud, and workplace deaths took years of evidence and advocacy to establish. Mass deregulation eliminates protections that prevent thousands of deaths annually while providing no evidence that removal serves public rather than corporate interests.