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owner from profitably managing his property violates the Constitution’s “takings” clause. The Constitution’s Fifth Amendment says, “No person shall….be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Let’s hope this case finds its way to the Supreme Court. Private property is a core institution of our free nation under God.

Let’s also consider those New Yorkers howling about the cost of living in New York City that their new mayor wants to make happy at the expense of others.

Last year, the New York Post reported on a study done by law firm Schmidt and Clark noting “One in three adults in New York have never been married… 17.4% more than the national average.”

The study reported on all of New York state, but it’s reasonable to assume that the statistics in New York City are above the state average.

Among women in New York, per the study, 36.3% have never married, the highest in the nation. Among men, 41.1% have never married, the secondhighest in the nation.

The economic penalty of living alone in New York City is the highest in the nation, per real estate platforms StreetEasy and Zillow. They call this the “singles tax.”

Per these firms, as reported by CNN, in New York City “singles pay an average of $20,100 more to live alone.”

The siren song of the welfare state culture is the problem does not lie with individual behavior but getting others to foot the bill.

New York City is but a microcosm of our whole nation. The Economic Innovation Group reports that transfer payments — funds received by one set of citizens that are transferred from other citizens — total now “almost 18% of total personal income in the United States, up from 8% in 1970.”

We are drowning more and more in debt.

The answer is return of individual responsibility and the institutions that enable it.

All this is informed by religion, which we must again strengthen.

Star Parker is founder of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Her recent book, “What Is the CURE for America?” is available now. To find out more about Star Parker and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators. com. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS. COM