It's Wrong to Steal... Even When the Government Does It Using Asset Forfeiture

As far as I'm concerned, much of government is a racket that uses coercion to reward interest groups with unearned wealth. ... Asset forfeiture occurs when government seizes property that is associated with a crime. That sounds reasonable — and it is reasonable if someone is convicted of, say, bank robbery and the government confiscates the stolen cash and any loot purchased with that money. But it is not reasonable (or moral, or just, or appropriate) when government seizes assets without a conviction. And it is downright disgusting when the government steals (and I use that word deliberately) the assets of innocent parties....