Regulations cost jobs according to Phoenix Center

Washington Examiner Editorial:

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According to the Phoenix study, "even a small 5% reduction in the regulatory budget (about $2.8 billion) would result in about $75 billion in expanded private-sector GDP each year, with an increase in employment by 1.2 million jobs annually. On average, eliminating the job of a single regulator grows the American economy by $6.2 million and nearly 100 private sector jobs annually." The reverse is true as well, according to Phoenix, which said "each million dollar increase in the regulatory budget costs the economy 420 private sector jobs."

"Our statistical analysis of historical data indicates that federal expenditures on regulatory activity have a significant impact on the size of the private-sector economy and private-sector employment," says Dr. George S. Ford, chief economist at the Phoenix Center. "While the entire federal budget must be cut to address the deficit problem, the evidence indicates that reductions in the overall federal regulatory budget may substantially impact the growth of economic output and employment."

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This supports the Perry approach to regulation in Texas and is a great issue for Republicans in 2012 after the Democrat splurge on regulations.

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