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Podcast: The WallBuilders Show
Episode: Founders, Faith, And The Fight To Protect Private Property
Description: What if the surest way to protect every right you love is to start with the front door on its hinges and the deed in your drawer? We dig into the founders’ most overlooked insight: secure property is the spine of liberty. Tim Barton walks through original sources—Adams, Madison, Dickinson, Lee—and shows how they linked private ownership to freedom, moral order, and social trust. Then we test those principles against today’s realities: swelling assessments, layered taxes, and seniors losing fully paid-off homes. The question isn’t whether taxation can exist; it’s how to keep ownership from becomin...