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  • noun One who deregulates.

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Examples

  • He's essentially a deregulator, which is what caused this mess.

    The Red Tape Chronicles 2008

  • ` ` One problem with Summers is, he's a deregulator, which is not what the banks need right now, '' says

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • So, tell, me please, how does Senator Flip-Flop McCain have any creditability when it comes to being a "deregulator"?

    McCain's Embattled Campaign Manager Skips Lunch With Reporters 2009

  • Now you can stop blaming Frank and Obama when the self-proclaimed 'deregulator' is actually one of the responsible parties.

    News from www.pantagraph.com 2009

  • And he has described himself as a "deregulator", committed to not regulating banking and business-but when this was assailed "tone deaf" and out of touch both to economic realities and to the desperate economic plight of millions of Americans he quickly flipped: Yesterday he was promising to fire the chief the securities exchange and to create an office, the "MFI", that would advise and work with banks and business.

    Signs of the Times 2008

  • Now John McCain who self-identifies as a "deregulator" wants to:

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • "deregulator" who represents "the sort of thinking that got us into this mess."

    CNSNews.com Headlines 2008

  • Bush brought in the deregulator Cox to head up the SEC and Wall Street walked through the doors opened by Cox.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 8, 2010 2010

  • He proudly called himself a deregulator and stated firmly that he was against "the bailout of AIG or anyone else."

    Time For Hannity and Friends to Take a Xanax 2010

  • He proudly called himself a deregulator and stated firmly that he was against "the bailout of AIG or anyone else."

    Larry Gellman: Time For Hannity and Friends to Take a Xanax 2010

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