Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos
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Donald Trump has long railed against everything from low-flow showerheads to LED lightbulbs. After failed attempts to undo appliance regulations in his first term, he may have found a new end-run to achieve his goal — but for now confusion reigns.

Donald Trump has long railed against everything from low-flow showerheads to LED lightbulbs. After failed attempts to undo appliance regulations in his first term, he may have found a new end-run to achieve his goal — but for now confusion reigns.

  • xyzzy@lemm.ee
    242·
    9 days ago

    Lazy thinking.

    • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
    • Codifying marriage equality
    • Student loan forgiveness and payment plan restructuring
    • At the state and local level, increasing minimum wage
    • Improving bank regulations to avoid another crash
    • Infrastructure act benefits communities
    • Covid relief

    Regardless of what happened later, these were good things that benefited normal citizens.