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Guest Column - The Erosion of Property Rights - October 12, 2004: "Imagine you've been enjoying your backyard picnic table and chairs for the past 10 years when suddenly, for no apparent reason, you are served notice from a government agency that you will be fined $6,000 a day unless you remove them.
Or, imagine you would like to add a stone walkway to your garden. You begin to research the procedure and costs, only to learn that a lengthy application will be required, with multiple hearings before a state commission. You find yourself embroiled in a Kafkaesque legal battle costing tens of thousands of dollars. Finally, after years of struggle the government demands, as a condition for approving your little walkway, that you 'donate' a portion of your land to the state.
Do these sound like nightmarish stories out of some totalitarian regime?
Shockingly, they are normal, everyday incidents for property owners across the nation."
Or, imagine you would like to add a stone walkway to your garden. You begin to research the procedure and costs, only to learn that a lengthy application will be required, with multiple hearings before a state commission. You find yourself embroiled in a Kafkaesque legal battle costing tens of thousands of dollars. Finally, after years of struggle the government demands, as a condition for approving your little walkway, that you 'donate' a portion of your land to the state.
Do these sound like nightmarish stories out of some totalitarian regime?
Shockingly, they are normal, everyday incidents for property owners across the nation."
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