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[quote=Anonymous]But some agencies were set up to be regulatory agencies. So, some of what these agencies do is to establish regulations, which is not the same as making laws, but the bulk of what they do is to enforce the laws.

Fees and penalties are the means by which they enforce the laws. It is not the job of Congress to enforce the laws they create. In criminal matters, we have the police, and in regulatory matters we have these agencies.
Frankly I do not want my congressperson deciding how many parts per million of a given chemical is allowed in my drinking water, because she cannot possibly be expected to know, say, how much chloramine is safe, how it interacts with cryptosporidium or giardiara in the pipes, the rate at which it evaporates, how much chloramine is released as vapor in the average shower, etc.

I know there is this impression we all have of these regulatory agencies messing with the little guy, and I'm not saying that doesn't happen, but most of what our civil servants do is stuff I'm really glad they are there to do.[/quote]

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