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The point is they shouldn't have to ask questions or get permission. It is their land and they have absolute dominion over it.
So they have duly elected representatives that developed regulations and they woke up one morning and decided they can do as they please. They don't have absolute control.
There are regulations, ignore them at your own risk. The town could have fined them $700k but they agreed to $450K, good luck in court. They could have agreed to plant replacement trees or donate to tree conservation to reduce their fines, so far nothing.
Exactly. They aren't violating the NAP, and they aren't trespassing on anyone else's property, so they have the absolute right to do to their property whatever they wish as long as they continue that.
This is right in there with so many other cases of government overreach.
Unelected (power) bureaucrats have to make themselves busy to prove they deserve their job, even if that means going out of their way to wield that power over the people they supposedly serve.
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The point is they shouldn't have to ask questions or get permission. It is their land and they have absolute dominion over it.
Not true. Unless their land is patented they do not even own it. They pay for the right to use it, build on it, whatever and must abide by regulations and codes.
There are people sitting on multi-million dollar development projects that are being held up because of a lizard or a frog.
So they have duly elected representatives that developed regulations and they woke up one morning and decided they can do as they please. They don't have absolute control.
There are regulations, ignore them at your own risk. The town could have fined them $700k but they agreed to $450K, good luck in court. They could have agreed to plant replacement trees or donate to tree conservation to reduce their fines, so far nothing.
"Duly elected."
No one has the right to rule over another.
Regulations are violations of property rights, period.
Unelected (power) bureaucrats have to make themselves busy to prove they deserve their job, even if that means going out of their way to wield that power over the people they supposedly serve.
It's truly sickening what the government things they can get away with doing.
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Not true. Unless their land is patented they do not even own it. They pay for the right to use it, build on it, whatever and must abide by regulations and codes.
There are people sitting on multi-million dollar development projects that are being held up because of a lizard or a frog.
As long as property taxes exist, no one actually owns their land; they're just renting it from the government.
In a free society people would have complete dominion over their rightfully-acquired property.
Well, that was their fault for not checking out thoroughly what they could and could not do without permission. Every business needs to check that thoroughly. Permits, registrations, whatever.
I'm guessing the problem with cutting that many trees is that is was a forest, as opposed to a large lot, which affects miles of land around it, including wildlife, drainage, wind, and other things.
He doesn't seem to be smart enough to run a successful business.
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