The EPA Would Like To Regulate Your Lawnmower Usage

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The EPA Would Like To Regulate Your Lawnmower Usage

By Rob on July 15, 2008 at 10:24 am

Last Friday the EPA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) that would impose a number of unthinkable regulations on the economy and everyday life. One of many is regulation the emissions of a lawnmower. This would require the agency to create different regulations and units of emissions requirements for each gadget that pollutes.

Perhaps more troubling than the fact that the EPA is doing this (I don’t think our founders had “regulation of lawn work” in mind when they set up our federalist system of government) is the fact that the unelected bureaucrats at the agency are the ones coming up with these rules.

So much for the consent of the governed.

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I think that in order to enforce these mandates, they ned to just take over mowing all the lawns in America. That will also cut down on the jobs for illegal aliens.

I like to provide those win-win solutions.

Rob B. on July 15, 2008 at 10:45 am

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I am a bit weary of various departments within the government getting involved in proposing new laws. While their advice in Congressional hearings should be considered, it is not, IMO, their job to proposae new laws, only enforce those within their area of authority. We have enough fools writing too many laws as it is!

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Neiman on July 15, 2008 at 10:46 am

Of course, we’ll certainly need to be Taxed more, to pay for these new Lawnmower Regulators. Thank you sir, may I have another?....

Jerry on July 15, 2008 at 12:17 pm

Briggs & Stratton developed a catalytic convertor for a small engine application in the 80’s.
It may be time to add some B&S stock to the portfolio

RebTex on July 15, 2008 at 12:39 pm