Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Is Obama’s EPA deliberately destroying America’s economy?

“This administration seems to be taking steps that appear to be methodically and deliberately sabotaging certain parts of our nation’s economy.”

Who would accuse President Obama’s top bureaucrats of intentionally damaging the industrial strength of America? Quite a few people, if one can judge by the angry citizen grumbles roiling through today’s blogs and social media. But the quote above came from none other than Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, on the Senate floor last week.

The senator was concerned by the thousands of pages of new rules that the Environmental Protection Agency has dumped on economic sectors that Obama simply doesn’t like — coal, for example. Worse, proposed blanket rules would expand federal authority over the largest possible area, such as storm water disposal rules for existing buildings, and Clean Water Act permits for ditches on family farms. Read more......

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