Re: Property rights nutjobs


<ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >These rights are violated any time an individual is deprived of
>>his property without compensation -- when it is stolen, for
>>example, but also when it is subjected to governmental
>>regulation that reduces its value
>
> I wonder if this nitwit believes in the inverse - that when there is a
> positive externality that cause the value of the property in question
> to increase that the property owner must compensate those who caused it
> to come about. Somehow I'm guessing that the answer is no.

Very good question. I haven't had the time to find out his opinion on land
value taxation, etc.


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