So, as I read this, under the Paul plan, my neighbor would be able to sue me for smoking a cigarette because I am polluting his property. I could also be sued for driving an SUV or using a leaf blower.
Is my reading correct?
lol, well I don’t see how a cigarette or SUV would count for anything, besides if someone didn’t want you smoking or driving it on their property. But if you blew leaves all over someone else’s lawn I’d think you’d be liable if you refused to clean them up. Don’t you agree? If you were burning coal or something and blankened your neighbors house and lungs or drilling and contaminated their water supply, I think you should be liable.
I think this sort of property rights based environmentalism is very interesting and has been absent from the environmental debate in most quarters and conservatives haven’t made it an issue.