[phasma proeliator]

I have two very close friends who USED to work at EPA. The politics drove them into private business.

EPA truely is a "monster". I'm not saying that they shouldn't exist - but they need to be slapped back into reality and dropped in size considerably. - IMHO

[Still Thinking]

Like undoing the absurd promotion to cabinet level. And add some serious accountability, like if you publish something without proper scientific rigor, you're automatically out the door, and maybe in jail, depending on how blatant. Like mandatory cost-of-implementation and cost-per-life-saved assesments that can't be sneaked around. Like a cap on department budget, not to exceed 0.001% of last year's GDP, etc.

[Ken H]

"EPA is truly a monster. I'm not saying they shouldn't exist..."

There is no authorization in the Constitution, that I can see, for the EPA to even exist.

In accordance with the Tenth Amendment, this should be a power exercised by each State.

As long as the EPA exists as a Federal agency, we are going to be fighting battles like this latest Global Warming flap over and over again.

[theoutsideman]

They should not exist.

[editor-surveyor]

" I'm not saying that they shouldn't exist"

Then I'll say it for you...

The EPA should not exist!!!