Carnal Reason

Coyote Blog proposes a daring plan to rebuild New Orleans. I doubt anything so simple will be tried.

Here is my urban plan for New Orleans: Every person who owns property can build whatever the hell they want on it. If other people want something else built on that property, and value this outcome enough, they can buy the property from its owner. This novel concept is called “private property rights” and falls under the broader category of what are called “constitutionally protected individual rights” or even more broadly, “freedom”. It is a concept that used to be taken for granted in this country and but now is seldom even taught in schools.

Posted on September 25th, 2005 by pwyll
Filed under: politics