Everglades drilling and abolishing the EPA

http://www.kait8.com/story/15348721/bachmann-says-shed-consider-everglades-drilling

I just finished reading this article (see above) involving republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann and her speeches she has been giving.  Now, we all know that if Pres. Obama takes another run at office, I'm not inclined to vote for him, but here's to hoping that Bachmann won't be the one running against him. 

Don't get me wrong, she's giving the "only if it can be done responsibly" tag to her statements on drilling in the everglades, but she's saying job creation (thinking shortsightedly) is more important that the long term effects.  "If experts say it can be done safely" is another way of saying "I will find/pay off an expert to agree with me".  The sad fact is that money talks and experts often disagree with each other.  It's not too hard to find one so-called expert to support any given opinion.  But the EPA still would stand in her way, right?  Keep reading the article and you'll come to my favorite section - Let's abolish the EPA and leave everything up to the states.  Why should the federal government care about the environment anyway?  Maybe because states can be short sighted?  Maybe because environmental areas cross our state boundaries and what is done on one end of an ecosystem has an effect on the whole ecosystem? 

The EPA is not "job-minded".  Dang straight they aren't.  They are environmentally minded.  That's why they are the Environmental Protection Agency, not the job creation committee.  What we destroy in our environment takes a very long time to recover, if it can at all.  Destroy it later and there may be no going back.  Now, I understand that job creation is more than a little important, I'm a victim of unemployment too, but that's just an excuse to destroy and agency that has crossed the Republican party too many times.  There are a multitude of other ways to create jobs that those that represent us have fought over and have been rejected by one side or the other.  You think abolishing the EPA would be any less fought over?

I realize that most likely this is yet another empty campaign promise that she wouldn't have the ability to back up once it comes time to get it thru congress, but the shear short-sightedness of it is irritating.  I'm very frustrated by politicians inability  to listen to expert scientist if they don't agree with the politician's need to say what they think the people want to hear.  Pay attention to cause and affect!