[TheOtherOne]

Yeah, nothing to do with the fact that 1 of 8 US residents live in CA would it? He wants no land use rules...that is plain ignorant. He takes a decent concept and then tries to apply it to everything, making his overall arguments pretty lame.

[Mean Daddy]

I don't know that he advocates no rules at all, just challenging the ones that make the cost of living in California so outrageous.

Example, I live in Iowa and in the last 2-3 years, the state has proposed and will be building two new power plants in the next 2-4 years. How long has it been since Kalifornia has built or will build such a plant?

Second example, Sowell had an article several years ago about the red tape necessary to put a deck on his house. I went to the court house and was able to do it in a matter of hours.

Third, Sowell talks about property values in San Francisco being comparable to those in other parts of the country and now they are astronomical due to restrictions on development in "green areas." You purchase a $300,000 home in certain parts of Kalifornia and you're buying a hole. A $300,000 home in Iowa/Nebraska will buy you a mansion.

[Publius6961]

Yeah, nothing to do with the fact that 1 of 8 US residents live in CA would it? He wants no land use rules...that is plain ignorant.

This is the dumbest statement I have ever heard, even allowing for some serious comprehension problems.
Nowhere in the article does Dr. Sowell suggest no rules.
As knowledgeable people are aware, rules were already in place when the busibodies took over, and if he criticized those I would be grateful if you would point them out for me.

It is the phony, artificial, laws, rules and sophistry controlling the development of a basic human need that he is addressing, including the Orwellian contention that the "ultimate" planning to accomodate future fellow human beings is not to plan for them at all.

If that makes sense to you, I would be interested in hearing any rational explanation for it.

[laredo44]

He wants no land use rules

I doubt that's Dr. Sowell's position. I'm sure if a group wants to get together and declare they want that land used for this purpose AND purchased the land, he'd have no problem. It's when the group requires that others pay for their desires that a problem occurs.