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Is public property unhomesteaded?

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Eugene Posted: Fri, Sep 14 2012 6:31 AM

Do you think public buildings and structures such as city council buildings or roads are "unhomesteaded" resources, or do they belong to the citizens of the state? On one hand the citizens have payed for them with tax money, on the other hand its impossible to prove who payed for what.

So should the state privatize public property by giving all citizens shares or should it just stop enforcing law there?

Naturally this is theoretic, I don't expect the state to do neither of those things, but nevertheless.

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Eugene replied on Mon, Sep 17 2012 11:37 AM

Anyone?

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Clayton replied on Mon, Sep 17 2012 12:56 PM
The Rothbardian solution is to treat the State as a private entity and all public assets as assets of that private entity. Of course the State would be instantly insolvent so it's assets would have to be put on the auction block. Clayton-
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Eugene replied on Mon, Sep 17 2012 3:10 PM

Walter Block is of a different opinion. You can read here about "postponment libertarians": http://mises.org/journals/jls/13_2/13_2_4.pdf 

He thinks state roads, buildings, factories and such are all in the same category as natural resources. That is everyone can homestead them.

I think Linda & Morris Tannehill took the same approach. 

I can't decide which approach is more apropriate or just. 

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