Property Rights

"When government accumulates power in responding to crises, it commandeers resources. The taxes, regulations, and subsidies imposed allegedly to alleviate military and economic emergencies thus inevitably limit people’s peaceful use of their possessions. Control over more and more resources is transferred from private hands to government bureaus. So even in the United States, whose Constitution affirms the right to property, the government has infringed this basic liberty in the name of military preparedness and ending depressions."