Still Mine
An excellent movie about a small businessman in Canada fighting an out of control building planning board who decides to screw him over when he tries to build a small house on his property so that his wife, who is mentally declining in old age can live in a safe environment with him and avoid going to an institution. You can find the movie on Net-flicks.
The whole state has been ruled by progressives for over 35 years. They have driven industry, investment and people out of the state and wrecked the economy with some of the highest taxes in the country and a regulatory regime that is a nightmare. Maine has a small population, a little over a million people, with a vast area in an out of the way corner of the country which most people don't know anything about. Most of the population is in the southern part of the state along and near the coast, practically a suburb of Boston, which controls the rest of the state, subjugating the rural minority which tends to be more independent and pro-property rights and freedom.
There was a story a while back about someone that was living off the land in the wilderness, when the government got wind of it they burned down his cabin and charged them, I don't remember the exact charges. But it was rediculous.
The government hates people that know the difference between the illusion of freedom and true freedom.
I find it funny that the "Liberal" establishment is trying so hard to liberalize Colorado, almost like they were afraid of Atlas Shrugged might actually happen. So they are trying to head it off of flooding CO. with extremist.
I have been in professional gold mining for over 30 years. Never have collected unemployment or welfare. I refuse to mooch. Nevada is the 5th largest political entity in the world for producing gold. Yes, up there with entire countries. Texas has no gold, North Dakota has no gold, Wisconsin will not allow hard rock mining. We are producers in an ever increasingly over-regulated profession.
To continue producing, I must live here. It would be great if it were a Galt's Gulch and I could contribute to producing the gold and silver to create the true coin of the realm. No one wishes to see Galt's Gulch principles reign in our world as much as I.
But guess what - I am no John Galt. Are you?
As a secondary issue, property taxes usually pay for local government, not state costs.
To be on topic, I ordered two copies of Still Mine since my last post. Appropo. Thanks for bringing attention to it.
Footnote: The actor who played the building inspector could have been well cast as one of the moochers/looters in AS 2 or 3.