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Change
People are desperate for change and many seem willing to blind themselves to Ron Paul's faults and what he really supports. See the post by hikerreese above, he says it well. I would rather have a candidate who is against the war and will support the environment, not leave it to the greedy hands of private ownership.On An interview with Ron Paul about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 2 years, 1 month ago 55 Responses
Re: Starchild "Reactionary"
Actually, I wasn't referring to assuming innocence or not, I was referring to setting limits on pollution before a company decides to go past those limits. Ron Paul seems to be for removing departments like the EPA, although they are the agency to set limits to pollution.
I am just suggesting to not get rid of the regulations, these define the limits.
Starchild says: "Oops, there goes "innocent until proven guilty!" Hmm, maybe "reactionary" isn't always such a bad thing -- at least the way you define it."
This actually isn't my definition of reactionary, this was how you changed my words to create a whole new and different definition.On An interview with Ron Paul about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 2 years, 1 month ago 55 Responses
Public Land Abuses
Many times, public land abuses occur because laws that are on the books aren't followed, because federal agencies are so under funded they can't enforce them, or, as has happened during this administration, federal employees are told to ignore certain laws or mis-interpret them by politically appointed supervisors. Living in a state with a large amount of public land, I have seen first-hand results of the "tragedy of the commons" and when the Forest Service is asked why this happens, they almost always cite a lack of funding. Property rights are already well defined, and with federal or public land the rights belong to everyone. If you find that your public lands are being abused by a few to the detriment of many, take Ron Paul's advice and sue the federal goverment for non-enforcement of existing laws. Or better yet, vote for someone who will properly fund our federal agencies and not undermine the laws in place to protect our public lands.On An interview with Ron Paul about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 2 years, 1 month ago 55 Responses
Reactionary
The problem I see with RP's "solutions" is that they are reactionary in nature. You wait until after a coal plant or neighbor is polluting and causing you harm and then sue him, but by then it may be too late. And we had market solutions in the past, before the EPA, ESA, etc, they rarely work because those types of solutions are not ultimately about the environment, they are about the $$. These regulations were enacted because the previous system didn't work.On An interview with Ron Paul about his presidential platform on energy and the environment posted 2 years, 1 month ago 55 Responses