"Jay Honeck" writes:

Check out how much it costs to get past the EPA and the rest fo the
government alphabet soup to build refining capacity, to drill, or other
facilities.

You can extend that statement to EVERYTHING nowadays.

You should see the cost of all the various EPA reports just for our airport
to extend a friggin' runway by a 1000 feet. It's incredible.

Jay, as I recall, you haven't traveled outside of the country. Too
bad, 'cause then you could see the cost of living without something
like the EPA or other agencies.

With all their problems, the government alphabet agencies have made
this a better place to live. Have they done so in a perfectly
efficient manner? No. But I sure don't see a mass exodus from the
USA to Mexico, other 3rd world countries, or even to Europe. Maybe
we've got a somewhat balanced approach here.