The Founding Fathers are probably spinning in their graves. What a man does on his private property should not be any government's business, as long as it doesn't interfere with the rights of another man, and surely shouldn't be taxed. And that's all building permits are, a form of taxation and a way to tax more in the future.
Private property right were one of the cornerstones of this country in the minds of the Founders. It was more important to them than most people today realize. Property or the pursuit thereof was even in the original penning of the Declaration of Independence by George Mason and was signed by the Convention of Delegates on June 12, 1776.
It read:
That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty,
with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
But due to some controversy over slavery Jefferson changed it to what we are familiar with now which was signed by the Second Continental Congress July 4, 1776.
It Reads:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Last edited by Mergie Master; 08-15-2010 at 11:39 PM.
The Elites don't fear the tall nails, government possesses both the will and the means to crush those folks. What the Elites do fear (or should fear) are the quiet men and women, with low profiles, hard hearts, long memories, and detailed target folders for action as they choose.
"I here repeat, & would willingly proclaim, my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race."
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