We continually hear from the media about how deregulation is the reason we are in such economic trouble. The numbers don't really show that though.
"Employees in government regulatory agencies grew from 146,139 in 1980 to 238,351 in 2007, a 63 percent increase. In the banking and finance industries, regulatory spending between 1980 and 2007 almost tripled, rising from $725 million to $2.07 billion"
We need to wake up and realize that big govenrment isn't the solution, it is the problem.
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/09/CongressFinancialMess.htm
"Employees in government regulatory agencies grew from 146,139 in 1980 to 238,351 in 2007, a 63 percent increase. In the banking and finance industries, regulatory spending between 1980 and 2007 almost tripled, rising from $725 million to $2.07 billion"
We need to wake up and realize that big govenrment isn't the solution, it is the problem.
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/09/CongressFinancialMess.htm