As we ponder the confiscatory nature of socialism, we may want to ask, “are we going to remain a country of property owners with choices and opportunities?” Or will we sell the farm and become mere tenants of an increasingly powerful and constraining
A “bundle of sticks” came to mind recently. Unlike many of my untethered thoughts I knew the pedigree of this phrase. What was not immediately clear was why it appeared when it did?
I was introduced to the bundle of sticks years ago when taking a real estate class on property law. My instructor deftly used this metaphor to explain the intricacies of property ownership which can be divided into a bundle of sticks with each stick being a specific property interest or right.