Today's job-killer, according to a news release from 2nd Congressional District Rep. Mike Simpson: federal environmental regulations that would extend to the use of manure. Simpson, R-Idaho, has co-sponsored a bill that would ensure that federal Superfund law would not be applied to the cleanup of manure and other "animal emissions. “In light of (the Environmental Protection Agency's) persistence in imposing its job-killing and unnecessary regulatory agenda on the American people, I believe it is important to clarify Congress’s intent on this issue,” Simpson said. “The Superfund law was never intended to regulate manure and other animal emissions as a toxic or hazardous substance. It defies common sense to presume that dairy and other producers who use manure as fertilizer should be regulated the same way as a chemical plant or mining operation”/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Have you ever had a job that required you to shovel manure (of any kind)?