EPA Stealthily Propels Toward ‘Massive Power Grab of Private Property Across the U.S.’

PJMedia ^ | 11/12/2013 | Bridget Johnson

[rktman]

While the country is immersed in Obamacare headlines and a congressional tussle over delays and mandates, the Obama administration is stealthily moving toward unprecedented control over private property under a massive expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act authority.

The proposed rule, obtained by the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in advance of EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy’s testimony at a Thursday oversight hearing, widely broadens the definition of waterways over which the federal government has jurisdiction to as little as a water ditch in a backyard.

The Clean Water Act redefinition of “waters of the United States” would include all ponds, lakes, wetlands and natural or manmade streams that have any effect on downstream navigable waters — whether on public lands or private property.

[Savage Beast]

The funny thing is that I sold this property 2 months before the bubble burst.

[Savage Beast]

Leftists hate “the rich”, the successful, the puissant, but their misguided policies ultimately favor those they hate. There’s a reason. I’m a self-made man—worked hard, planned carefully, and earned every dime I have—made it all from nothing. What Leftists hate to consider is that “the rich” are like me—either they earned it or they didn’t but were clever enough to keep it (which is the same thing).

[familyop]

Agreed, and well done. Something else funny, though. Many leftists have some cash flow for the time being but with more negatives in debts, yet some of them pretend to be rich in some ways for appearances and influence around neighbors and other folks in their offices. I try to keep a more humble posture while building what I can.

[familyop]

On the local lefties, some of their places are being foreclosed, one after another. They tend to look for odd, trivial accusations to sling around (often about our private roads and related business), so I continue to stay out of their way and avoid furthering any of the gossip. I reckon we’ll be seeing more peace and quiet before long.