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Time and time again, opinion
pages in the commonwealth have made repeated calls for serious spending reform. Each of these aimed to slow the rate of growth of government, to prevent the need for future tax increases — a serious and important goal indeed.
However, if ever the need for serious spending reform (at every level of government) was needed, it is now. There’s a new beast on the horizon.
While curbing future tax increases remains a laudable goal, a critical Supreme Court ruling has elevated the need for reform. Simply, we must limit the growth of government to protect our property.
The seriousness of the issue cannot be denied. Your home is your castle, right? It was until June 23. That’s the day the Supreme Court ruled that your home is merely on lean from your friendly local government by granting broad powers for eminent domain for “economic develop
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