Private Property: The Solution to Many Problems

Private Property: The Solution to Many Problems
Susette Kelo stands outside her home, in the Fort Trumbull area of New London, Connecticut in this file photo. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that the stimulation of economic development is a suitable use of the government's power to seize private property. However, it's private property that's fundamental to every human right and liberty. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Walter Block
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Public policy always spawns some thorny questions. Like: Should women be allowed by law to breast feed in public?

On the debit side of this question, this practice might “trigger” some “snowflakes” who will have to seek “safe spaces” with puppy dogs and clay and coloring books. On the positive side, squally babies wait for no man, well, woman—there still is a difference between them, the views of some to the contrary notwithstanding. It is imperative that the next generation be fed as soon as possible.

Walter Block
Walter Block
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Walter E. Block is Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, College of Business, at Loyola University New Orleans.
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