Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

March 22, 2012

Mitch Faber of Burnsville, Minnesota was arrested on his way to work, booked into jail without bond, and then released to house arrest. He has never stolen anything or harmed another person, nor did he have unpaid traffic tickets or even an overdue library book. His supposed offense was a failure to finish the siding on his home.

Five years ago, Faber received a notice from the self-important functionaries who run the municipal government ordering him to finish the siding on his home. Faber received several additional letters insisting that his efforts were unsatisfactory. Two years ago ? after spending more than $12,000 to upgrade his home -- he received a court summons. In November of last year, he was shanghaied by Sheriff?s deputies and taken to jail.

?[I was] walking around in a green and white jump suit, I had to shower in front of a sheriff, I was shackled, my wrists were handcuffed to my waist ? for siding,? Faber recalls.

Like practically everybody else, Faber has suffered severe economic hardship, which explains his failure to finish a project that was nobody?s business but his own. Faber?s experience demonstrates the capacity for unfiltered tyranny inherent in every government of any size.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.