Two bills, currently pending in the Florida legislature, would empower a city or county to take away an individual's private property and resell it to a developer.
The two bills are H.B. 1513, which has been cleared by three House committees. The Senate companion bill is S.B. 2548, which has cleared the comprehensive planning committee has is expected to be amended. Both bills are expected to be voted upon this week, as the legislative session ends Friday.
Under this new law, if the government believes that the land would be better used by someone else, they'll be able to take it away, and sell it to a developer. The only stipulation is that the injured party, who has his land taken, receives "fair" compensation.
But who decides what is fair compensation? How can you negotiate with an entity who tells you they are taking your property? Isn't that a lot like a thief who says they are stealing your priceless diamonds and then offers you ten dollars for them? I suppose you might take the ten bucks; you have no other alternative.
If you are negotiating with someone who is stealing your property, you have no leverage with which to negotiate. And what about the sentimental, or ancestral heritage of the land, which adds to the value? What about the family memories associated with a house, a person's most intimate sanctuary? How can government translate the heritage of an individual's land into a monetary figure? And what right do they have to decide that your land use isn't good enough?
To those who don't want to leave their homes, the Florida government says that it's just too bad. Even if your home has been in your family for a hundred years or more, if the government wants it for some reason, then that's just too bad for you. They'll give you what they think it's worth, and then you're out on your ear.
Sadly, this isn't just happening in Florida. Similar incidents are repeated in various states all across the country. It is the result of the United Nations Agenda 21 — the blueprint for "Sustainable Development" — which is being implemented in America. It is an effort to change private property into public property. Then, anyone who has land, doesn't actually own it. Instead, it is called "land use", which implies that it can be taken away at any time.
Private land ownership, to these creatures, isn't "sustainable". They think that if individuals are allowed to continue owning their own property, life on earth will someday cease to exist, because humans are destroying everything.
In reality, humans have owned private property for hundreds of years.
It is a Marxist principle to terminate all private property use. The land is the means of production. Without land, a person is reduced to selling their labor for wages.
A person who owns land, is more difficult to control. He is a person who has the ability to build his own business and make his own money. He is a person who is able to garden, and therefore, feed his own family. He doesn't have to depend upon government assistance. Hence, he is not as subject to government controls and manipulation.
One of goals of the Communists is to put the means of production off limits. The very first plank of the Communist Manifesto is "Abolition of private property and the application of all rent to public purpose". That's followed by the income tax and the abolition of all rights of inheritance. In fact, every plank of the Communist Manifesto is being practiced in every state in the country that Americans are still calling the "land of the free".
Johann von Goethe once said, "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free". If this is true, then Americans have to be among the most hopeless people in the history of humanity.
I would advise anyone, living in Florida, to contact your legislators and let them know of your disapproval of these measures. You might work for a change in your state's constitution as well.
And for the sponsors of bills like these, aren't we overdue for a good 'ole fashioned tar and feathering?
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