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  • The Tragedy Of The Commons Part II (How Property Rights Protect The Environment Alert)

    12/04/2007 10:01:03 PM PST · by goldstategop · 18 replies · 217+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | 12/05/2007 | John Stossel
    My Thanksgiving column about how the pilgrims nearly starved practicing communal farming but thrived once they switched to private cultivation made some people angry. One commented, "Sharing of the fruits of our labor is a bad thing?" I never said that. I practice charity regularly. I believe in sharing. But when government takes our money by force and gives it to others, that's not sharing. And sharing can't be a basis for production -- you can't share what hasn't been produced. My point is that production and prosperity require property rights. Property rights associate effort with benefits. Where benefits are...