The link is to a story on a small community of 15 families who live downstream from a Koch Industries subsidiary (formaldehyde resin plant) that is dumping millions of gallons of wastewater into open ditches. Among the 15 families, there have been 11 deaths from cancer and many more people are ill.
How would deregulation address this or prevent it from happening in many more places all over the U.S.?
In my opinion, if Ron Paul were to become President, life for ordinary citizens would get much worse. Corporations would have free reign to do pretty much anything they wanted, no matter how awful the effect on average citizens, and wouldn’t have any regulations to hold them back.
Full disclosure: I think most Democrats are just as in bed with corporations as most Republicans. I usually vote for the Peace and Freedom candidate.
