...from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong ... if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of...citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime ... then abolish this law without delay." Your challenge is political, not intellectual, although there...

...will find much to cut. A similar point was raised by the famous French economist Frederic Bastiat: "If the law takes from some persons what belongs to...gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong ... if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot...

...economists. Bastiat was author of the famous The Law (1850) in which he defines legal plunder by showing that "the law takes from some persons what belongs to them...gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong." Molinari was the first economist (1849) to suggest that all the legitimate services provided by the...

...and economist, formulated the following rule for determining whether a particular law was legitimate: See if the law takes from some persons what belongs...citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but also it is a fertile source...

...Distribution of Wealth II: When the Game Is Rigged How is legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs...citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. — Frederick Bastiat, 1850 The reality of the interplay between Big Business and Big Government is...

...that an act of plunder is committed . . . How is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs...the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime."7 Unfortunately, the US Constitution designed to protect peoples' rights and property has now...