"People want government to do all
manner of things, things that if done privately would lead to
condemnation and jail sentences. Some want government to give money to
farmers, poor folk, college students, senior citizens and businesses.
There’s no Santa Claus or tooth fairy. The only way government can give
money to one person is to forcibly take it from another person. If I
privately used the same method to raise money for a “deserving” college
student, homeless person or businessman, I’d face theft charges. Others
among us want government to protect wild wolves, bears and the Stephens
kangaroo rat even if it results in gross violations of private property
and loss of lives. The problem is that some people disagree with having
their earnings taken to satisfy someone else’s wishes. They don’t want
the Corps of Engineers and Fish and Wildlife Service dictating to them
what they can and cannot do with their property to ensure a habitat for
the kangaroo rat. Force and threats must be used. Here’s the question:
Could the average American kill a person who resolutely refuses to give
up his earnings so Congress can give it to farmers? Could you kill a
person who insists on using all of his property, even though some wolves
have set up a den on it? You say, “What do you mean, Williams -- kill?”
Here’s the scenario: The Corps of Engineers commands me not to remove
debris from a drainage ditch on my property, placed there by beavers
building a dam, because the debris creates a wetland. I remove it
anyway. The Corps of Engineers fines me. I refuse to pay the unjust
fine. The Corps of Engineers threatens to seize my land. I say no, you
won’t: it’s my land, and I’ll protect it. A politician sends marshals to
take it, and I get killed defending it."
-- Walter E. Williams
(1936- ) Columnist, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
Source: CONSERVATIVE CHRONICLE, September 20, 1995
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Walter.Williams.Quote.C62F
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-- Walter E. Williams
(1936- ) Columnist, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
Source: CONSERVATIVE CHRONICLE, September 20, 1995
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Walter.Williams.Quote.C62F
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It is the same scenario if you resist CPS Kidnapping your children and holding them for Ransom. Resist and the police come to force you to surrender your children. Resist significantly enough and they might shoot you. Then to add insult to injury, that PROVES you were violent and dangerous and your kids needed to be Kidnapped.
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