I’m glad someone finally came to their senses – even if it was just the “conservative wing” of the Supreme Court:
Supreme Court strikes down Biden administration’s eviction moratorium
The rent moratorium was a bad idea from the start. It negated the right to own, utilize and dispose private property, essentially seizing property in defiance of the 5th Amendment:
No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Some have argued that it was not a taking, since it only delayed the ability to collect rent but did not excuse the debt. I disagree; when the government sees fit to nullify the only available leverage to ensure payment… well, that sounds like a taking to me. What if these people need a car? Should the dealer be forced to give them one under the government’s promise of later repossession once the car’s life has been exhausted? How about food? Should the local grocery store be required to give credit with no means to collect?
But the worst part of the rent moratorium is what it does to ordinary, moral people. What do you think such people will do when their neighbors – taking advantage of the government’s benevolence, flush with enhanced unemployment benefits and no rent to pay – enjoy the finer things in life that they have not yet earned? How long will it take the normally moral to succumb to the siren song of free money? And once seduced will they ever become moral again, or will they line up at the socialist’s feeding trough to leach off of those still foolish enough to work and pay rent? How long before the leaches outnumber the productive? How long before the feeding trough is empty?
This is the promise of socialism. Welcome to the new world.