On Property Rights & Role of Goverment

Ron Paul on Property Rights



Approx 1 minute into video: Anyone polluting your land or river (from upstream) should be able to be taken to court. Government can protect property through private property rights.... individuals have the right to recourse for

In the following video you will see evidence of a factory polluting a stream and the extremely high incidence of cancer (including lung cancer in individuals who don't smoke) in the town nearby. Koch industries is supporting legislation to keep the EPA out (i.e. under the guise of 'government reduction'). By the way, note how many of the people supporting anti-people legislation (or anti-epa/government legislation) are getting money from the Kochs.



With Ron Paul as President the EPA might get thrown out but property rights implemented through the courts (and the ability to sue for your basic rights) will take the place of the EPA. It is no wonder that the media has been downplaying Ron Paul's campaigning even though he is consistently doing well.

In other words, all the campaigning done by Koch Industries to destroy government and prop up business while decreasing the rights of the American people will backfire!

[Note: Please keep in mind that Ron Paul intends to have a transition to help balance the economic and legal situation until the economic and political structure can be balanced i.e. everything you like or depend upon will not dissapear over night, in some cases in it will into transition, in some cases alternative solutions will be found.]

Added October 15, '11 - Extract from this article

Government's Role


When Paul is asked to count off the major responsibilities of the federal government should have, he arrives at a surprisingly short list.


"Protect our freedoms. Have a strong national defense. Look and take care of our borders. Have a sound currency. … Protect our environment through private property rights. … That's it," Paul said.


Paul notes that when our country was founded, the role of the government was to protect the general welfare, enforce the rule of law in court, maintain property rights and allow for free markets and free trade — "not to run our lives, and run everything in the economy."