Riviera Beach, FL
Did you know that the Florida State government has a "House Select Committee to Protect Private Property Rights?" Why? Because of Riviera Beach, FL, where there very clearly are NO property rights.
The House panel really blasted the city of Riviera Beach for their handling of the situation there. In short, the city council has decided that they own every inch of land inside the city limits, and they're going to build whatever they want, and they're going to take whatever land they want and give it to whoever they want. That IS the view of most governments in America today, and it's totally wrong. One of the leading opponents of that land grab recently was shut up -- with cash. Martha Babson agreed to sell her house -- before the city took it from her -- to a developer for three times it's value. Folks, that's how it's supposed to work. If a developer wants land, BUY IT! Don't get the city to condemn it and take it from one person to give to another. One House member actually has proposed a constitutional amendment to the Florida Constitution that would protect property rights. I question why in the heck that's needed? By admitting that's needed, it clearly says that there ARE NO PROPERTY RIGHTS in Florida now. And therefore, there is zero freedom -- without property rights, you cannot have any other rights -- it's impossible. Yet the people involved, like Floyd Johnson, executive director of the Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (super bureaucrat scum), believe they are doing good -- because they're increasing the tax base. The idea that government exists only to increase the tax base is so foreign to me, I doubt I will ever understand it -- and that's what hurts conservatives so much. Conservatives take the attitude of "leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone." But today, that's no longer good enough. If you sit back and leave everyone else alone, they ARE going to take away everything from you. ANY government who takes ANY action to increase income, tax base, jobs, or anything like that is STRONGLY OPPOSED to freedom -- and they're wrong. OH, how I yearn for freedom.
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