If you work in manufacturing, you’ve probably heard that some government agencies, notably OSHA and the EPA, have been mandated to become self-funding. I heard this in a discussion at a recent conference, and it seems reasonable. The government debt is $14 trillion, so why wouldn’t the administration want more agencies to pull their own weight? The fear, of course, is that OSHA inspectors are suddenly finding more violations and assessing bigger fines in an effort to follow the mandate and become self-funding.
