Category: Property Rights

This Land is My Land: How United Nations Claims of World Heritage May Swipe America’s Past, by Ryan Balis

National Policy Analysis #473 /
It is curious that we Americans have placed some of our most valued landmarks - such as the Statue of Liberty, Independence Hall and Yellowstone National Park - under United Nations jurisdiction. National symbols have an unmistakable allure. They have ...
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Senator Joe Lieberman Says Property Belongs First To Government, Not The People, by Tom Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: Touring the State Fair in Iowa, where the first presidential vote will be held in 2004, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) criticized President Bush's proposal to make the current temporary tax cuts permanent, saying, "That's not spending restraint. Tax cuts ...
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Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
Homes of black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Carter G. Woodson, where roofs leak and walls are collapsing, are historic landmarks located in our nation's capital that need protection. A still-operating grocery store and a boarded-up hardware store, however, ...
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Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #413 /
Homes of black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Carter G. Woodson, where roofs leak and walls are collapsing, are historic landmarks located in our nation's capital that need protection.1 A still-operating grocery store and a boarded-up hardware store, however, ...
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Lack of Respect for Law and Private Property Rights Undermines Future of Democratic Capitalism in Russia

National Policy Analysis #410 /
Taking of private property... nationalization of industry... violation of the sanctity of contracts and the destruction of intellectual property rights. It sounds like the tactics of the old Soviet government during the bad old Cold War days. Unfortunately, for an ...
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Bush Administration and House Democrats Oppose Bill to Restrict Federal Land Acquisition, by Gretchen Randall

Ten Second Response /
BACKGROUND: H.R. 3962, the "Good Neighbor Act" was the subject of a U.S. House Forests and Forest Health subcommittee hearing held April 10, 2002. Under the bill's provisions, if more than 50 percent of a county's land is owned by ...
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1972 Treaty Grants the United Nations Control Over American Historical Landmarks, by Melissa Wiedbrauk

National Policy Analysis #341 /
When our Founding Fathers sparked the American Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they sought self-government for the American colonies and an escape from the dominance of England. The Founding Fathers would be shocked to learn that ...
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Devolution to the States is Working for Welfare; It Can Work for Public Lands, by Gretchen Randall

National Policy Analysis #340 /
It has jurisdiction over a vast empire of historic sites. It has thousands of employees. It controls vast expanses of prairie. It manages hundreds of buildings. Yet it has no inventory of what it actually owns, has a backlog of ...
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Thrown Off the Cliffs: Families Face Eviction Due to New Clinton National Monument, by Gretchen Randall and Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #320 /
With the stroke of a pen, President Bill Clinton is expected to end a way of life in southwestern Idaho before he leaves office by creating the Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument. This designation of 2.7 million acres of mountains, canyons, ...
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Clinton Administration Places Special Interests Over Civil Rights

National Policy Analysis #300 /
Americans recently have been shocked to learn of lax standards surrounding the protection of key nuclear secrets. Because of the potential for loss of life, this scandal may trump all others in significance. But another, less known scandal may have ...
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