Re: Growth of U.S. economy is slowed by regulations, May 5 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Chuck Wright cites a study for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University that found regulations (since 1980) have stifled economic growth as if it were a legitimate study.
The Mercatus Center has been described by The Washington Post as an anti-regulatory center funded largely by Koch Industries Inc., and a lobbying group disguised as a disinterested academic program by Clayton Coppin, who taught history at George Mason. The Koch brothers are notoriously against any governmental regulations that might impact their profits regardless of any harm they inflict on the environment and population, and this study would be another example of self-serving propaganda.
Where would our environment be without pollution standards set since 1980? What would be the cost per capita if our air and water were as poor as China s is now?
Michael Schelpat, Thornton
This letter was published in the May 7 edition.
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