Trump Deregulation Delivers Real Savings for Working Families

President Trump closed the year with a clear message on affordability and Making America Great Again. The numbers now back it up. His administration is delivering one of the most aggressive deregulation efforts in modern history, and American workers and families are already seeing the benefits.

New data show just how far Washington has shifted away from red tape and toward growth.

In a single year, federal agencies finalized 646 deregulatory actions while issuing just five new regulatory actions. That is a 129-to-1 ratio, shattering President Trump’s original 10-to-1 deregulatory target.

This is not symbolic reform. It is real change with real economic impact.

According to the administration, these actions have produced $211.8 billion in net cost savings. That works out to more than $600 per American, money that stays with families instead of being swallowed by compliance costs, paperwork, and bureaucratic drag.

For years, Washington treated regulation as cost-free. It is not. Every new rule raises prices, limits choice, and makes it harder for businesses to grow and hire. Working families pay the price through higher costs and fewer opportunities.

This administration took a different approach. Instead of assuming regulation is always necessary, it asked a basic question: Does this rule actually help people? If the answer was no, the rule was cut.

The result is a federal government that is lighter, more efficient, and less hostile to productivity. Businesses spend less time navigating federal paperwork and more time investing, innovating, and raising wages.

That matters for affordability. Inflation is not driven only by spending. It is also driven by policies that restrict supply and raise costs throughout the economy. Rolling back unnecessary rules helps ease those pressures at their source.

The takeaway is simple. Deregulation works. It lowers costs, strengthens growth, and puts money back in the pockets of American families without raising taxes or expanding government.

As Washington debates its next steps, these results should not be ignored. A government that gets out of the way is not just good policy. It is good economics.