Congress Wants to let the Invisible Hand give Our Environment the Reacharound...

 “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”  - Isaac Asimov 

Gutting the EPA is what passes for rational self-interest with the 'returning us to the gilded age' crowd currently controlling our Congress. After all history couldn't possibly teach us what might go wrong if we let unregulated markets determine the treatment of our shared environment...