Zoning one of the worst ideas that has come about.
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1 reason to go back to the policy of only property owners having the vote.
The perfect example is the hub bub over the bakery and gays. If property rights were respected, the owner could do what he chooses, including refusing to provide service.
Appropriate that this article is surrounded by others noting the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. No one wants to admit that the biggest single blow the U.S. government ever struck against private property was usurping the property rights of slaveowners without compensation for what they legally owned.
Was slavery wrong? Yes. Did it need to be ended? Yes. Should the government have paid for the billions of dollars in human property they essentially nationalized? Think about the repercussions we deal with today before saying No.