Correlation does not equal causation.

The formation of the EPA corresponded with a greater awareness of environmental concerns.. But this does NOT mean that the EPA is the ideal way to run a government in this area.

Regulations are nothing more than laws created by bureaucrats rather than legislators.. which means they are laws passed without any input from the electorate.

NOTHING has ever prevented congress or any state agencies from making laws to prevent pollution of any type. But the benefit we get from Congress doing it rather than the EPA is that the laws are subject to debate in an open forum (Congress), not decided on by some nameless bureaucrat that will never be fired for doing something the public doesn’t want.

THIS is why the EPA should be gone.. let Congress do its job, and not nominate faceless bureaucrats to do something they are too fearful of doing (and losing their precious positions).

The People of the USA are the final check and balance. Regulatory agencies remove that check.. and as we’ve learned with all these agencies, there is a cost in reduced freedom and higher cost to do business as the regulations continue to mount, chasing domestic businesses overseas and making whole segments of the economy non-profitable.