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Private Property: Foundations of Free Enterprise

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Private Property: Foundations of Free Enterprise The Foundations of Free Enterprise by Allen, Armstrong, and Wolken Private Property  Generally, when we think of “property” we think of land or real estate. But its meaning is much broader. Property refers to all kinds of personal possessions. Our pets, our garden vegetables, our clothing, our books, our cars, our money, our radios, our watches — all are forms of property. Bank balances, stocks, bonds, and other financial assets are also property. In addition, property includes all of the natural resources of the earth (minerals, timber, rivers, etc.), tools, machinery, factories, school buildings, court houses, streets, and all the merchandise in the stores. Even our own skills and talents, our ability to produce and perform services, represent a kind of property. In other words, our property represents what we call wealth. In a pure free enterprise system, all property is owned by private citizens and businesses. None is ow
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Families Pledge to Fight for Their Private Property in Ravalli County, Montana

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Facts & Events of the Upper Hughes Creek Private Property Dispute  For over 40 years the U.S. Forest Service and  Special Interest Environmentalist Groups  in Ravalli County, Montana, have attempted to destroy the right to private property with the ploy of public access. In an effort to diminish private property on the Upper Hughes Creek, federal agencies along with special interest groups are seeking to force a public access easement 60-foot wide through the middle of private fields, barns and other buildings. Here is a summary of the facts and history on the Upper Hughes Creek private property dispute. In 1967 Ellie & Violet Cox purchased approximately 200 acres of property on the Upper Hughes Creek drainage in Ravalli County, Montana. This private property was established by U.S. Patent law dating back to the 1800s, before Montana was a State (A3-A4). The previous property owners mined and lived on the property and built a wagon trail into it for better access
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