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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA<\/a> GOVERNMENT ERODES PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As a people whose forefathers were economic slaves,<\/a> Antiguans and Barbudans<\/a> should be particularly sensitive to any attempt by anyone, local or foreign, to diminish our freedoms in anyway.\u00a0<\/p>

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Some of the freedoms that are essential for the enjoyment of life are: freedom of thought, freedom of speech; freedom to enjoy or dispose your own property; freedom of movement; freedom of association; freedom of life; and freedom of your person; freedom of religion; freedom to support yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History has demonstrated that freedoms are seldom taken away in one move. <\/p>

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What normally happens is that your freedoms are often eroded <\/a>over time by many seemingly inconsequential concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After some time when it is too late, you wake up to realise that you have no freedom at all. <\/p>

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It is said that to ignore the lessons of history is to be inclined to repeat it.<\/p>

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And we are indeed repeating the unpleasant consequences of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a people we are so partisan in our views of the affairs of this nation that we seldom take the time to consider what makes any people truly free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blind political loyalty, whether it be to the ABLP or UPP, prevents critical thinking and careful consideration of what is in the best national interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often times the best approach comes neither from the ABLP nor the UPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What people fail you realise is that the greatest threat to an individual’s freedom is the very government who was sworn to protect our freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, a French politician in the 1800s, Frederic Bastiat, observed in his book “The Law”, that “the law [is] guilty of that very iniquity which was its mission to punish!”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is bad enough that we have to deal with thieves breaking in, but now our own government is gearing up to indulge in wholesale pilfer of our private property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The objective of the law should be to protect the natural rights\/freedoms of the individual. Unfortunately what we see is the increasing encroachment on our freedoms by the ruling elites with promises of prosperity, safety, public order or public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They convince us that it is a small price to pay and we take the bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History clearly teaches us that the less power we give government, the freer a population remains. Thomas Jefferson is thought to have said: “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is therefore within this context that I must register my displeasure with this new bill to amend the Tax Administration Act, by lowering the bar for government to seize private property under the pretext of collecting outstanding tax. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me, the bill in its current form potentially grants the government the freedom to huff properties valued over $100,000 for simply owing a few hundred dollars to IRD. Government should not be allowed to seize anyone’s property unless the value of taxes owed is equal to or greater than 75% of the property value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see this bill as an attack on what I consider an individual’s inviolable right to his private property. There are some rights, in my opinion, that are worth protecting at any cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before any government is given the permission to confiscate a private individual’s property, that request should meet a very high bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us not forget that the freedom of slaves was not consummated until they were given land of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slaves found that when they were declared free in 1834, that they merely became trespassers on Massa’s land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were automatically law breakers for having no place of their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The various villages today are reminders of that reality in history. Land and freedom are inextricably linked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the government owes a private citizen, there is never recourse. For example, the government owes the people’s social security fund some $438M but what is the people’s recourse? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They simply have to sit and wait and hope. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government should be held to the same standard that it expects of its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am vehemently against any law that allows the government to simply “give notice” and then confiscate a private individuals property after 30 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a very low bar that can be abused. It is na\u00efve to think that those who control the reins of power will never abuse it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our government is tied up in a legal battle with the original owner of the infamous Alfa Nero, where one of the claims is that “notice” was not properly served. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this very polarized country, I can see this new amendment being used as a tool to destroy perceived political opponents with ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the very least, IRD should have no easier terms than that which already obtains for the process of foreclosure on private property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A process that local banks have been working with for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antiguans who are concerned with having a free country ought to take note of what our legislators are doing, either through sheer ignorance of history or through questionable and willful intent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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