Dismantling EPA is not only a fantasy but would wreak much economic damage on the economy. This is counter-intuitive but industry has factored compliance costs into their way of doing business. Unwinding that would create great uncertainty and competition issues.
The better way is for the president, with Congress, to rid the excesses and wrong-headed policies of EPA. Every environmenatl law was debated and then passed on a bi-partisan basis. The American people do not want to go backwards on environmental protection but they do want it implemented in an even-handed, efficient way.
A desire to close EPA’s doors is like tilting at windmills. Any candidate (like Bachmann) who proposes this stuff is not a serious candidate, but an idealogue. We don’t need another one of those.
