Posted August 7 by Will Reynolds
ILLINOIS—The EPA wants to regulate tractor dust.
Can you believe that? It’s getting to the point where a man can’t even drive his tractor down a dirt road without big government getting in the way! That’s what Congressman Rodney Davis wants you to believe anyway. It’s a good soundbyte and the fact that it’s complete nonsense hasn’t stopped some politicians from peddling this conspiracy theory no matter how many times it’s debunked.
Davis sponsored an amendment to let the Department of Agriculture comment on EPA regulation. In speeches and press statements, he argued that EPA is out of touch with rural America by reviving the old yarn that they want to regulate tractor dust on dirt roads.
Rodney Davis
Congressman John Shimkus was telling this dusty story back when Rodney Davis was still on his staff. Since then, the EPA administrator has said several times that there’s no plan to consider regulating tractor dust, and multiple news organizations have debunked the talking point. At this point it should be absolutely clear to everyone that it simply isn’t true.