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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (8739)8/27/2009 12:50:13 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Mostly OT

I am no expert on property law but a city park isn't "owned" in the same sense that the cash in your wallet is "owned."

Effectively it is, its owned by the government. There is some attempt at at a theoretical distinction between "owned in common and managed by the government", or "owned by the government", but I find that pretty empty. The government typically has all the legal rights over the property that other property owners would have (with the exception of any specific legal limitations, but there are also specific extra legal powers, and in any case the government includes the legislature which can change any limitations).

True commons would be land (or other property) that anyone could do just about anything they want with, other than things that are generally legally prohibited on all property including property you own yourself (except perhaps exercising permanent control because then it would no longer be commons).
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