Maria, this was happening for about 100 years until 1982..
Back at the time we did not have any crazy environmental movements

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We do not need EPA.
Their original function was defined as to make US energy independent.

They have failed!

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Does it mean we don't need EPA, or environmental laws, and allow anyone contaminate our land water and air?
And who says that?

Maria, please read the first post of this so-called "manifesto".. nowhere does it mention anything about protecting the environment.

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Mike, it's been said time and time again - we all want clean water, lakes, air, etc...we don't like it when it's taken to the extreme and some politicians choose to listen to it..thus, holding the progress hostage...

i am all for not taking things to extreme...
just this manifesto is bullshit... that's all..

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I guess I was wrong!
EPA - seem to exist to stop the economic growth and development.


Roles and Functions of the EPA
The principal roles and functions of the EPA would include:
The establishment and enforcement of environmental protection standards consistent with national environmental goals.The conduct of research on the adverse effects of pollution and onmethods and equipment for controlling it, the gathering of informationon pollution, and the use of this information in strengtheningenvironmental protection programs and recommending policy changes.Assisting others, through grants, technical assistance and other means in arresting pollution of the environment.Assisting the Council on Environmental Quality in developing andrecommending to the President new policies for the protection of theenvironment.

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so, what's your non-bull shit solution to get rid of the extreme in the environmental movement and make our politicians not buy into their bull?

Well, there are extremes on both sides (and they all got their lobby working hard) -- those who claim that we need to live in the trees and those that would sell you clean air (well, that would be good business too) in two-three hundred years. Why do you always single out the tree-huggers?
We got rivers here in Michigan poisoned by dioxin -- and if not for a lengthy litigation (which ended this year), they would still be like that.

Environment
Eliminate the special tax-exempt status granted to environmental groups, since they are not nonpartisan charitable foundations.
What's bullshit about it? I am all for eliminating special tax-exempt status to Sierra club. They do so much damage to our country.
However, there might be a problem implemetnting it: you can't strip religious groups of tax-exemption. So, it have to stay.