Another Reason We Need the Electoral College

The tyranny of the majority:

Kevin King and his wife, Donna, dream of installing a backyard pool this summer.

But the young couple got a rude awakening when their pool contractor drove to Lancaster Town Hall to get the construction permit this spring.

That’s when the Kings learned for the first time since buying their home in 2003 that they legally have only a 3-footdeep yard in which to build their pool.

Or to enjoy a swing set with their kids, ages 3 and 5.

Or to do much of anything else, it seems.

Turns out the Kings technically aren’t even supposed to mow the grass in their 60-footdeep backyard because of a conservation easement.

This isn't an unusual story but instead a significant risk to the freedom and prosperity of many who make their living off the land out West. Laws made by liberal shitstains thousands of miles away are having real, devastating effects on these people, often without any real say in the matter.The reason they don't get a say is that densely populated, liberal strongholds support all sorts of environmental government action that they know they'll never have to personally endure. Farmers in Utah or Wyoming are not so lucky.

The only current protection these people have is that their states are ever so slightly weighted in the national election process. Were we to abolish the Electoral College the wishes of places like Alaska and Wyoming would be ignored as easily as those of children or Canadians.

Of course, none of this would matter if the property rights laid out in the Constitution were upheld by the courts or legislature or even the President. Obviously this isn't the case.

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Update: As is correctly pointed out, this specific instance has less to do with the federal government and more to do with local politics.  Still, it is the government taking land donations in perpetuity from people under duress for ostensibly environmental reasons. 

I'm sure the local municipality cared little about the environment when they made the push but I maintain that nearly all big-league environmentalists don't really give a shit about the environment.  It is just a shortcut to socialism.

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