Highway Robbery Continues to be The Law of The Land
James Bovard - Mises Institute
Greetings readers…normally I don’t post direct links to my subscribers. But this one is one we all need to take heed of. C.L.
Almost two hundred and fifty years ago, Arthur Lee of Virginia aptly proclaimed, “The right of property is the guardian of every other right, and to deprive the people of this, is to deprive them of their liberty.” But increasingly, private property is something that officialdom merely tolerates until they concoct some pretext to seize it.
Highway Robbery Continues to be the Law of the Land/
CONCLUSION: 1st plank of the communist manifesto is ALIVE AND WELL IN THE USA. Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose. If this article doesn’t make that clear, what else will?
When “law enforcement” becomes as Frederic Bastiat said in “The Law”: The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow an entirely contrary purpose! The law become the weapon of every kind of greed! Instead of checking crime, the law itself guilty of the evils it is supposed to punish!
What is the remedy? I hate to have to consider it. It won’t be nice.
While you’re at Lew Rockwell, give a look at The Best of Mark Reynolds C.L.
Excellent issue to raise concern about.
The highway bandits are the law.
How is it the courts don't force them to give the money back, they get a cut too.
I used to work in counties all over SC, GA, and FLA. I'm familiar with these patterns.
A cheap poor county with new Mustangs & 4WDs & Camaros is getting the money some where. At a pharmacy where I used to fill in, it was one of the worst, the pharmacist I covered for was the Sheriff's wife. At least they din't so much as pull me over when I was speeding there.
Thank you for posting this. I read Lew Rockwell but missed this article. I had no idea this was so prevalent! An outrage! It is also deeply frustrating to see this at a time when honest and upstanding law enforcement is more needed than ever. For many decades I have thought that our "police force" needs to be re-invented... and NOT in the direction of becoming either paramilitary or mafia. We need to develop police who feel aligned with the communities they protect, and who are seen by those communities as "elders" and peacemakers and true guardians. We need a different grade of person ...