They've Legalized Theft In America
By Star Parker
March 23, 2009
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We've already used taxpayer funds to bail out auto companies. Now we're going to use them to take over their research and development functions.
Given what the International Property Rights Index shows, we might consider that because private property has become as insecure as it has in our country -- that we have really legalized theft -- that this might be what's at the root of our economic chaos.
So, we can have government issue edicts on what executives are paid at companies that politicians bail out with taxpayer funds. Or maybe we should check if families whose mortgages we bail out are going on vacation or out to dinner.
Or we can re-direct our attention from symptoms to causes. We can recall that the founders of our country intended the role of government to protect our lives and property, not violate them. And that, in times when we have respected that proper use of government, our country has prospered.
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Star Parker is is an author and president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. Her books include "White Ghetto: How Middle Class America Reflects Inner City Decay."
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