E.P.A. Imperfect Watchdog or Hound From Hell?

[EspressoBuzz]

I have heard Republican candidates in the past and recently and from all parts of the country say they would abolish the EPA. A agency created by Republican President Nixon, spurred on by a public made aware of environmental pollution by a book called Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (about DDT's effects on song bird populations).

 

So would you really want to abolish the EPA?

[pt0217]

I'm sure conservatives would be fine with an EPA that actually put humans first.

[Uptown Redneck]

I'm sure that those who would abolish the EPA would be the first one's to bitch when their hunting lands turn into "brownfields"

[philoshop]

Abolish the EPA entirely? No.

Drastically reduce the bureaucratic size of the EPA, and restrict the scope of it's power? Absolutely, yes.

 

The EPA has become an unelected lawmaking body within the federal government. That's wrong, and should be stopped.

[pt0217]

Uptown, is there ever a happy medium for you?

[Uptown Redneck]

Uptown, is there ever a happy medium for you?

Not really, I'm more of the all or nothing type

[ants]

Uptown, is there ever a happy medium for you?

Don't feed him/her………..

[EspressoBuzz]

Abolish the EPA entirely? No.

Drastically reduce the bureaucratic size of the EPA, and restrict the scope of it's power? Absolutely, yes.

 

The EPA has become an unelected lawmaking body within the federal government. That's wrong, and should be stopped.

 

I do believe that it sets regulations (a type of law? but not the only govt dept that does so) and they have often been challenged in court and EPA has a winning record in that respect. With all the players involved I don't think any dangerous element would ever be properly controlled if it had to go through our legislative system. While I think there is bureaucratic fat that can be cut there most certainly is a need for more people in the field.