06/26/05

The Supreme Soviet has declared, in effect, that there is no such thing as private property. If someone, government representative or not, desires to take your land and your home and do something with it, it can be done so long as the thief can demonstrate improvement to the public good. Property taxes, effectively rent paid to your local government, were bad enough. Now they've come right out and said that you no longer own your home. If some developer wants to tear up a place you've spent 40 years putting your heart and soul into so he can build a Wal*Mart, you have no defense, no recourse, and no hope. Just like the Indians one or two centuries ago, men with guns will appear to shove you away and onto a different but worthless piece of ground to start over...

http://www.ncc-1776.com/tle2005/tle325-20050626-05.html

from The Libertarian Enterprise, by Francis A Ney, Jr.



Remember Kelo

06/28/05

I confess that I am having trouble summoning the appropriate outrage at Kelo v. New London, the Supreme Court decision that permits states and local governments to use eminent domain powers to transfer land from one private owner to another. This assault on the rights of poor and middle-class homeowners for the benefit of corporations and developers is indeed outrageous. We should all be angry. But the real villains are not senior citizens on a bench in Washington D.C, but the politicians, bureaucrats, and developers who conspire to steal land in our communities...

http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/july8/Kelo.html

from Liberty For All, by James Leroy Wilson


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp