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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5058)	6/16/2001 4:53:46 PM
From: $Mogul	Respond to of 74559

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5058)	6/16/2001 8:16:15 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

jewishworldreview.com Sorry, to get the Thomas Sowell article on 'redistribution', specifically on electricity supply, you need to scroll to the bottom of that link to "Thomas Sowell Archives" and choose "State Stealing" dated 6/6/01 <... Long before there was any such thing as electric utility companies, governments used their power to confiscate the wealth of some and distribute it to others whose support was more important to them. The men who wrote the Constitution of the United States were well aware of that, which is why they included property rights in the Bill of Rights. For most of the history of this country, courts would not have allowed either state or federal governments to force someone to sell anything for less than it cost, because that amounts to confiscation of property without compensation. In more recent times, unfortunately, clever people have gotten judges to evade the clear words of the Constitution by putting property rights on a lower plane than other concerns that are more politically fashionable. Law professors and others have managed to depict property rights as a special privilege of the affluent and the wealthy, something to be sacrificed on the altar of the greater good of others. ... [contd]> Mqurice

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5058)	6/16/2001 8:44:20 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<<The Michigan retiree is by no means alone. All across the country there are people who have invested their savings in public utilities that supply electricity to Californians. What California politicians have done is steal these investors' money to pay for electricity that Californians want to use but are unwilling to pay for in full. Politically, it is a clever strategy to steal from people who can't vote in California, in order to gain the favor of people who can>> We in Money Rock Hong Kong call it the way we see it ... communism, alive and well in California. Message 15318267 Message 15367810 Chugs, Jay