Obama sets new record for regulations, 527 pages in just one day, more in 2016 than ever before. Oh yes, we need more regulations! Really, what else can one say? Trump, in his Contract with the American Voter, promises: “A requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated.”

“President-elect Donald Trump could take a page from President Reagan, who brought page counts down from Carter’s 73,258 to as low as 44,812. We don’t need a pen and phone, we need a meat axe,” said Crews [from the Competitive Enterprise Institute].

hat-tip Charles