Thursday, October 26, 2006

on private property

There are times when people tell me what do to with my property. Depending on the weather, my feelings have ranged from bemusement to a metaphorical fist-in-the-face response.

I came close to the latter feeling yesterday when someone updated me on the situation of the MRT track jumper's widow.

It seems that, with half-a-million voluntary donations to the widow, some green-eyed monsters are calling for the creation of a trust fund, essentially limiting the amount that the widow may withdraw at any one time.

I don't care if she spends it all at the casinos.

Has it occurred to anyone that telling a person what he/she can or cannot do with his/her property is communism?

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