Ron Paul talks ethanol in Iowa

Iowans Fueled with Pride has posted a video of Republican Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul fielding a question about ethanol at the Iowa State Fair on YouTube.

Watch the video:

Transcript of Ron Paul's comments on ethanol:

Iowans Fueled with Pride: Congressman, the recent introduction of the EPA appropriations bill would effectively ban E15…

Ron Paul: It would ban what?

Iowans Fueled with Pride: It would ban E15 ethanol gasoline. 

Ron Paul: Yeah?

Iowans Fueled with Pride: I was wondering if you would oppose that bill?

Ron Paul: I don’t want to ban anything. But I don’t want any mandates either.

I want ethanol to exist, but I don’t want to artificially boost it.

I don’t want to ban ethanol, but I want the market to determine, you know, which is the best energy.

I don’t believe much in tariffs or mandates, but I wouldn’t have banning anything.

What would that do, it would ban would ban the production of ethanol?

Iowans Fueled with Pride: Yup, the introduction of E15 gasoline, 15% blend. It would ban that. 

Ron Paul: Yeah, but I wonder. You would think the environmentalists would want that. There are some people who want to ban it?

I think the market should decide if it’s a good idea and it’s economic.

Iowans Fueled with Pride: Its Republican Congressmen from the oil states that have introduced it.

Ron Paul: Oh, they want to do that?

See, one minute they give an answer to one person, the other one has to come back and give an answer for themselves. All this stuff can be sorted out through the marketplace.

No appropriations and no mandates. If you try to apply those, everything’s voluntary and the consumer gets to decide which products will survive.

For instance, we have the ethanol from corn because of subsidies. We have tax imports as well as mandates. In Texas they could raise sugar cane like they raise sugar cane in Brazil. But we don’t allow it because we don’t give the same tax credits and things.

So you want the market to work and sort it out.

You don’t want to mandate it or prohibit it. 

Full Video of Ron Paul's Speech at the University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH - Here is the full video of Congressman Ron Paul's March 24, 2011 speech at the University of New Hampshire. Around 616 voters of all ages packed into the Granite State room for the event, according to The New Hampshire. It was Paul's first trip to the Granite State since the 2008 election.

Intro


Republican State Senator Jim Forsythe introduces Ron Paul.

"Another thing that's interesting about Dr. Paul... is he did start the Tea Party movement," according to Forsythe.






Part 1: 


Ron Paul introduces the subject of his speech: Liberty.





Part 2


Ron Paul begins what would turn out to be a long tirade against the Federal Reserve.



Part 3


Paul continues his discussion of the Federal Reserve, while also voicing his opposition to the federal bailout of Wall Street:

"Sure, if we wouldn't have bailed out there would've been a Depression... but guess for whom? It would have been the people on Wall Street and the people who deserved bankruptcy..."



Part 4


Paul delves deeper into the details of his case against the Federal Reserve:



Part 5

Ron Paul discusses foreign policy, sharing his thoughts on the ongoing U.S. interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan - and the common tie than binds them all: oil.

"They were really pretty strict on the idea of militarism," Paul says while talking about the views held by America's founding fathers. "They actually had this belief that you shouldn't even have a standing army."



Part 6


Shifting his focus to U.S. troops stationed around the globe, from Germany to North Korea, Paul continues his discussion of foreign policy. He even calls for the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations:

"We have like 780 bases around the world," Paul estimates. "Then we say we are not an imperialistic nation."



Part 7


Ron Paul talks state rights and the movement to "nullify" Obamacare:



Part 8


Ron Paul begins his rapid fire grand finale, hitting upon topics ranging from gold currency to the second amendment:



Conclusion






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