Donald Trumps's Civics Lesson: Government Is An Extortion Racket

Professor Thomas DiLorenzo reports:

Donald Trump purchased the famous Doral Country Club near Miami in 2012 and spent a fortune renovating the facilities and the golf course. It’s now called Trump National Doral and from all accounts is a fabulous and luxurious golf resort.

But the local government seems to have a problem with Mr. Trump: He likes to keep the grass cut on his golf course. Consequently, he has been issued more than 100 citations for supposedly violating the city’s noise ordinance with his lawn mowers since last August. EACH citation has a $1500 fine attached to it.

In a recent interview Trump pointed out that the previous owner, who cut the grass just as often, got NO citations. “Maybe it’ because I have money,” he explained. In other words, the Doral city government is just another criminal gang, like all other governments, and is attempting to extort money from Trump, who has already spent more than $50,000 in legal fees on this issue.

Just a reminder.