Drew Dorans #wingnut #mammon thenewamerican.com

[From "Dismantle OSHA to Protect American Business"]

The fourth branch of government: an unofficial term for the collection of federal regulatory agencies that impose fascist, centralized control over every aspect of our lives. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute equates it to the Deep State, and adds a befitting if gory aspect, calling it the “headless” fourth branch of government[…]
The Lincoln administration spawned this hydra in 1862 with establishment of the fledgling U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)[…]Today, the USDA hamstrings our farmers, our food supply, and rural development. Likewise, the Department of Energy, established in 1977, has been stifling science and innovation and burning taxpayer dollars on the altar of environmentalism. And since 1913, the Department of Labor (DOL) has aimed its guns at American business

President Richard Nixon expanded DOL’s control in 1970, when he added to its list of agencies OSHA — the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Proponents argued that personal injuries and illnesses related to workplace environments imposed a hindrance to interstate commerce[…]
OSHA regulations resemble those created under the German National Socialist (Nazi) regime, which controlled businesses in Germany[…]
Such similarities between OSHA and the Nazi regime led author and journalist Alan Stang to dub the U.S. agency “OSHSTAPO.” He stated plainly in a 1972 issue of American Opinion magazine that OSHA “infringes on Americanism with Communistic opposition to private ownership”[…]
Since the agency’s inception, OSHA inspectors have been granted unlimited authority[…]to enter and inspect workplace environments[…]
Congress can dismantle this tyrannical agency, and Republican Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona is working to do so[…]
OSHA must be abolished, and states must defend their rights and live up to their responsibilities

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