Too many elected and unelected officials in state government fail to recognize that no society in history prospered by limiting opportunity. Excessive government regulation by unelected bureaucrats who have no understanding of the industries they attempt to regulate is dramatically damaging the economy of the State of Maine. It is time to push back against this steadily growing interference into our personal lives, our finances, and our businesses.
As Governor, I will propose regulation reforms that will unshackle Maine’s economic growth potential. Specifically, I propose to eliminate statewide fees on start-up businesses, eliminate bizarre and unreasonable studies resulting in needless delays (i.e. buffalo and black fly census studies in Maine), and eliminate regulations that are incompatible with other regulations, whereby when one regulation is followed, another is violated. In that same vein, I propose that all duplicate and replicated regulations from DEP and LURC be repealed.
There are too many regulations with unintended consequences, which cannot reasonably be met. My proposals will include the repeal of regulations that are out of sync with the best science and technology data and serve to add enormous and unnecessary costs to potential development projects. Our goal should be to repeal two antiquated regulations for every new modern regulation passed by state government.
