What’s behind all the land grabs we have read about of late?

When the government wants your land, what can be done about it? Not much it would seem from stories like this one in Colorado where long-time owners were forced to give up their property for a pittance.

The UN’s attitude about private property is clear: private property ownership is viewed as unfair and a detriment to social justice. The American government’s taking of more and more land would seem to be in line with this philosophy.

“Land… cannot be treated as an ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes. Public control of land use is therefore indispensable….”

~ Item #10 in the UN agenda at the 1976 Habitat 1. American delegates supported this policy…

Government control over land is not going to stop unless Americans stand up to the internationalism that has bred these ideas.