Elected officials threatening property rights
Texas Straight Talk
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
09/04/06
It's clear that many political and business interests are only too willing to drive people literally out of their homes to make way for the grand schemes of those in power. This is why every American needs to understand that property rights are the foundation of a free society. Without property rights, all citizens live subject to the whims of government officials. When government can seize your property without your consent, all of your other rights are negated. Our founders would roll over in their graves if they knew that the takings clause in the Fifth Amendment was being used to justify unholy alliances between private developers and tax-hungry local governments...
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst090406.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
09/04/06
It's clear that many political and business interests are only too willing to drive people literally out of their homes to make way for the grand schemes of those in power. This is why every American needs to understand that property rights are the foundation of a free society. Without property rights, all citizens live subject to the whims of government officials. When government can seize your property without your consent, all of your other rights are negated. Our founders would roll over in their graves if they knew that the takings clause in the Fifth Amendment was being used to justify unholy alliances between private developers and tax-hungry local governments...
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst090406.htm
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 7. Sep, 14:22
