SPA
Small Business Cost Analysis and Regulatory OppositionDescription
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SPA weaponized by Josh as economic bulwark, projecting $18 billion first-year costs to small businesses and premium surges, torpedoing ergonomics via fiscal alarmism and framing regulatory overreach in the heated hallway-to-office exchange.
Via Josh's cited cost ledger in rebuttal
Exerting oppositional pressure through economic data on White House staff
Underscores small business survival in regulatory wars
SPA is wielded by Josh in his office dismissal just before Charlie's alert, its $18 billion cost projections for small businesses invoked to blunt Donna's OSHA push; the economic bulwark recedes as diplomatic farce takes center stage, highlighting partisan ammo in staff skirmishes.
Through Josh's cited economic data
Arming opposition to regulatory expansion
Frames regulatory debate as economic threat to broader economy
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