Notable Quote - David Boaz - Granite Grok

Notable Quote – David Boaz

Another benefit of private property, not so clearly economic, is that it diffuses power. When one entity, such as the government, owns all property, individuals have little protection from the will of the government. The institution of private property gives many individuals a place to call their own, a place where they are safe from depredation by others and by the state. This aspect of private property is captured by the axiom “A man’s home is his castle.” Private property is essential for privacy and for freedom of the press. Try to imagine “freedom of the press” in a country where the government owned all the presses and all the paper.

-David Boaz ( The Libertarian Mind)

Property Rights Human RightsIs this why government is incrementally ratcheting up its attack on private property?  Take a couple of quotes from GraniteGrok’s Progressives and The Proper Role of Government – and your subservience to it:

  • NYC Mayor Bill de Blasiowhat stands in the way of that is hundreds of years of history that have elevated property rights
  • Kerrie Diers (Exec. Dir. of the Nashua (New Hampshire) Regional Planning Commission) doesn’t care much that your land gets in the way of her planning (for your own good as in “WHY do our perceptions of the needs of the Collective have to give way to what Individuals own?”):
    • “Private Property Rights get in the way of good planning
    • Private Property Rights won’t let us have the discussions
  • Granite State Futures (the US Federal Govt HUD/EPA/DOT “Sustainable Communities Initiative” here in NH):  Identifying and Overcoming Barriers – One of the steps in the visioning and planning process to be used by each region will be to identify existing and potential barriers to ensuring sustainable communities and to articulate the strategies the regions will use to mitigate or overcome each barrier. Anticipated barriers include NH’s strong tradition of individual property rights and resultant resistance to planning and zoning

(H/T: Cafe Hayek)

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