The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Opinion

Today’s Editors’ Choice

• Scott Powell & Steve Baldwin: It’s the Democrats Who Collude With the Russians
• Hans von Spakovsky & Elizabeth Slattery: Ordinary Americans Get What’s at Stake in Fight Over Neil Gorsuch
• John Stossel: Enough Protection Already

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Opinion in Brief

John Stossel: “Some of what regulators do now resembles the work of sadists who like crushing people. … The [EPA] was necessary in 1970, when it was created. At the time, cities dumped whatever we flushed into nearby waterways — with no treatment. Smokestacks filled the air with actual pollutants: soot, sulfur dioxide, etc. In New York City, we didn’t dare leave windows open because filth would blow in. The EPA required sewage treatment, scrubbers in smokestacks and catalytic converters in car exhaust systems. The regulations worked. America’s air and water is cleaner than it’s been for decades. I can even swim in the Hudson River, right next to millions of people — who are still flushing. Now, in a rational world, the EPA would say, ‘Stick a fork in it, it’s done! EPA now stands for ”Enough Protection Already.“’ But bureaucracies never say they’re done. ‘Done’ means bureaucrats are out of work. Can’t have that. So politicians keep adding unnecessary new rules and keep harassing people.”