Civilization-gutting law has been on the books for decades. Over the last 10 to 20 years they have been molded into enforceable regulation that eviscerates gains made in Western living standards. This is the product of legislation that was purportedly enacted with some benevolent intent, but ambiguous language left the door open to divert the purpose for other results.
In the case of environmental legislation, such as the Environmental Protection Act (1970), Endangered Species Act (1973), Clean Air Act (1970), Clean Water Act (1972) and now the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, the fruit of the open-ended laws is now taking its toll on the United States' economy and, in actuality, our way of life. Living standards are now suspect due to the "harm" brought to our environment, be it from unsightly road signs that supposedly distract drivers to how needed water to grow the produce that feeds us is distributed.
