Environment: Where does the Dr. stand on the environment?

[GunnyFreedom]

It doesn't help that while Paul is arguing for less pollution, essentially all Republicans (including his son I imagine) are dismantling the EPA in a way that would allow companies to pollute more.

Actually, it's the EPA that sets liability rules and allows Big Corporate to get away with MORE pollution even as they force little fish to comply with irrelevant regulations that do nothing to reduce pollution but help maintain big corporate monopolies.

And Big Corporate produces way way way more pollution than little fish.

Fact is, the EPA is part of the problem that allows the pollution problem to get so very bad. Eliminating the EPA is in fact the first and most important step towards cleaning up the environment, just like eliminating the DEA is the first most important step towards ending drug violence.

 

[FreeTraveler]

Just to keep this in perspective...

There are some things President will have direct control over, but not everything.

We have a President, not a King. Most of these things are controlled by the Legislative Branch, not the Executive Branch. President Paul will have a bully pulpit to beat congress over the head with, appeals to the people, veto power, and the ability to issue executive orders, but that's the limit of his power as President.

Many issues like this are more correctly addressed to your Senators and Representatives. Reelect the same dogs we have now, and the President will have an uphill battle as far as correcting many things.

 

[Inny Binny]

I am extremely skeptical that Republican efforts to get rid of the EPA is going to lead to a better protection of property rights. In fact, I am almost certain that will not happen.

If it were the LP we're talking about, I'd have no problem with it.

 

[aravoth]

I think Paul should explicitly state that one of the problems with the EPA is that it allows too much pollution.

absolutely, I've been arguing this point for years, corporations can pollute the living shit out of earth, air, and water, solely because the government makes it legal for them to do so. Property owners get stuck pollution on their property and have no recourse because corporations are lawfully able to ruin someone elses private property.

 

[Working Poor]

Ron would allow hemp to grow which is good for the environment in many ways. Good alternative fuel source too.

 

[Return2Sanity]

You should google “EPA FDA revolving door” to learn how government agencies have become totally controlled by the corporations that seek to profit from introducing questionable substances into our air, water and food. So much so, that in 2007, the EPA refused to approve a California law that would have reduced automotive pollution in their state.

Ron Paul believes that federal agencies controlled by the rich and powerful are failing to protect our food and our environment, Instead, he believes we need to uphold individuals' rights to seek legal compensation when they are harmed by the actions of other people or corporations, and not allow those rights to be undermined by these ultra-politicized federal agencies.