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Biden’s Regulatory Octopus Is Strangling Our Economy

By some estimates, there are more than 300 government agencies sticking their nose into every aspect of American life and business, from what kind of car you can buy to the temperature setting on your thermostat to what you can build on your own private property.

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The U.S. Capitol at Washington. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
STEPHEN MOORE
STEPHEN MOORE

Every schoolkid knows — or used to know — that America has three branches of government. At least that’s what the textbooks say.

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STEPHEN MOORE
STEPHEN MOORE

Mr. Moore is an economics journalist, author, and columnist. He is the chief economist for the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, and a regular contributor at The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, CNN and CNBC.

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