Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations EPA Power grab, gone!

One thing is clear. The EPA thinks it should control water from its source as raindrops to its entry into the oceans as well as everything (land) its touches or affects. It is a public vs private ownership matter. Outside of illegal dumping (covered by other laws) the issue of ownership is and was covered by common law with set principals and legal rights. EPA destroyed those laws and the rights of many with its actions on WOTUS. The constitutional principal is clear. Its called the 5th adm. to the US constitution and provides if the government wants to take away private rights it can do so for a public purpose only if it pays compensation. There is the hang up. EPA wants to take/control private rights with out paying compensation. The gov needs to be honest (you talk about power and big $). If water is important enough for the gov to control then it should raise taxes on everyone and pay the compensation due to the landowner's property that is being taken. The cost should be a shared burden on all not one taken/imposed from certain landowners. Only when people have to pay for what they get do they decided how important a matter becomes. Something tells me that people will not pay more in taxes so the EPA can tell Charlie he cant dig postholes for his fence.