Emphasis mine:
But throughout our history, one of the reasons the free market has worked is that we have sought the proper balance. We have preserved freedom of commerce while applying those rules and regulations necessary to protect the public against threats to our health and safety and to safeguard people and businesses from abuse.
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This order requires that federal agencies ensure that regulations protect our safety, health and environment while promoting economic growth. And it orders a government-wide review of the rules already on the books to remove outdated regulations that stifle job creation and make our economy less competitive. It's a review that will help bring order to regulations that have become a patchwork of overlapping rules, the result of tinkering by administrations and legislators of both parties and the influence of special interests in Washington over decades.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703396604576088272112103698.htmlHmm. Striking a balance. I thought that's why we elected him - to think things through and strike a balance. At least that's why I voted for him in the fall of 2008, and why I supported him in the primaries (though I couldn't vote for him).
Of course, here on DU, I see threads about how this makes him a non-Democrat, how he has betrayed us, etc. I wonder how many of them actually read this editorial?