| Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul's stand on | | | | of upsetting powerful stakes. |
| many issues deserves praise. There is his campaign | | | | Even so-especially in this day and age-for a |
| against taxes; Paul stands for abolishing Income tax | | | | presidential candidate to completely reject the |
| and doing away, completely, with the IRS and the | | | | pressing need of tackling the issue is, quite simply, |
| federal reserve. Besides, he has always stood for a | | | | preposterous. "There are two sides of the (global |
| non-interventionist foreign policy. He opposed the war | | | | warming) argument," Paul maintains, indicating that he |
| in Iraq, and has called for the total withdrawal of | | | | does not hold global warming deserves our immediate |
| troops. Most important, he stands for the reducing | | | | concern. |
| the power of the government to control the lives of | | | | Responding to a question about the role of the |
| Americans. | | | | federal government in controlling global warming, this |
| However, perplexing, the one crucial issue that Paul | | | | is what Paul had to say, "Then you have to deal with |
| does not care to address at all is global warming. In | | | | the volcanoes, and you have to deal with China... so |
| fact, he has gone on record to say that he thinks | | | | what are you going to do, invade China so they don't |
| the issue is "overblown". | | | | pollute? He added, "We go to war to protect oil, so |
| The issue of global warming and climate change is a | | | | that we can buy more oil, and burn more oil. So I say |
| contentious one. Most politicians talk about it but are | | | | our foreign policy contributes to global warming-by |
| inhibited when it comes to taking decisions, for fear | | | | subsidizing a policy that is deeply flawed. |