You are completely missing the point. No one here is saying we don't want clean air or clean water and i highly doubt anyone is disillusioned on the need to regulate pollution in some way. What the point is, is that we do not feel that your income should be taxed by the federal government so that it can fund a federal government program. Why should someone living in Wyoming and some of the cleanest air be subject to taxation to help someone in New Jersey? This would be much better regulated by the states. We only need the Federal Government to do a few basic things. Defend our borders, uphold our laws and contracts and protect the rights of the average everyday citizen. Although i see a point to having a "Federal" authority to oversee it all since wind can carry one state's pollution to another, I feel the states can set up some authority to do that, there is no need to employ 18,000 people making an average of $70,000 a year in pay and another $41,000 in benefits to drive around and harass and fine the good citizens of this nation. We don't really need 360 people per state to implement this kind of thing do we? $1.8 Billion just in pay and benefits each year seem a bit much? No wonder we have such a deficit.
I once saw the EPA fine a gal $10,000 for rinsing out a paint brush in her driveway with a water hose. WTF? The Federal Government is chock full of the bottom 25% of college grads, they should not be getting my money and then using it to wage war against me.