It would be hard to come up with an alphabet agency in Washington, D.C., that people would actually miss if it disappeared tomorrow. But if we were to allow people to vote one such agency off the island (or swamp, as it were), there’s a good chance the Environmental Protection Agency would get the axe. 

Even on its own website, the EPA acknowledges criticisms: “environmental regulation is too expensive, reduces economic growth, hurts international competitiveness, and causes widespread layoffs and plant closures.”