Yeah, I don't doubt it is getting worse for the reasons Stossel outlines. As poverty increases we are gonna see this getting worse. And when I say poverty I mean the cost of living increasing. The money being debased. More theft and violence are in our futures. I believe it will get much worse before it gets better.

kepford

libertarian

Squatters Rights?

Undisciplined

I knew there were messy eviction problems and we do need functional courts to adjudicate them.

Allowing people to break into someone's residence and occupy it, is qualitatively different. I'm sure things like this have always happened here and there, but I doubt home invaders were as protected by the cops and the courts in the past.

Alaska passed a very misguided law back in the 70's that prohibited evicting tenants in the winter. It was eventually reversed, because people were sneaking onto private residences the night before winter started and setting up camp sites.

Also, I'm totally with you about being suspicious of stories that all of a sudden capture everyone's attention.