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JustRalph
10-14-2016, 11:41 AM
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/10/14/justice-department-decides-pass-prosecuting-epa-officials-gold-king-spill/

If a farmer or business did this........

Parkview_Pirate
10-14-2016, 02:48 PM
Excellent example of lack of accountability in the giant bureaucracy we call government, especially an executive agency that's tasked with enforcing laws/regulations. But who's keeping an eye on them?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2016/03/09/epa-remains-a-paragon-of-government-waste-fraud-and-abuse/#3b94b87a5c89

EPA rulemaking often makes little sense. The agency persists in spending more and more to address smaller and smaller risks. In one analysis by the Office of Management and Budget, of the 30 least cost-effective regulations throughout the government, the EPA had imposed no fewer than 17. For example, the agency’s restrictions on the disposal of land that contains certain wastes prevent 0.59 cancer cases per year–about three cases every five years–and avoid $20 million in property damage, at an annual cost of between $194 million and $219 million.

But they provide plenty of white collar jobs sucking at the teat and trough of the Federal Government in DC, so they'll be around for a while.....

JustRalph
10-14-2016, 06:01 PM
Excellent example of lack of accountability in the giant bureaucracy we call government, especially an executive agency that's tasked with enforcing laws/regulations. But who's keeping an eye on them?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2016/03/09/epa-remains-a-paragon-of-government-waste-fraud-and-abuse/#3b94b87a5c89



But they provide plenty of white collar jobs sucking at the teat and trough of the Federal Government in DC, so they'll be around for a while.....

They provide nothing. Taxes pay for everything in government. Government can only provide after taking from someone else