The Trump administration seems hellbent on de-regulating as much as possible. Some of the regulations that he wants to roll back are ones that help his voter base. An example of this would be eliminating regulations that protect coal miners heath from the dangerous fumes that they are exposed to daily. Despite constant warnings from health officials and academics, the Trump administration continues to move forward. We have learned in class that government regulation is used in capitalism to help address market failures. Seeing such a basic misunderstanding of economics at the highest level of government is incredibly disappointing.
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Every day that I look at the news I continue to be dumbfounded by the moves that the administration is making. Wanting to remove the health regulations from coal miners doesn't quite make sense when looking at the administration's goal of "Making America Healthy Again". Seeing these basic level misunderstandings at the head of our country only three months into his term is so worrying for what the next four years have in store.
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