Feds Hire, then Prosecute, Tree Trimmer

By Tim Lynch
Cato @ Liberty
Jun. 09, 2014

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First the federal government wanted the trees to be trimmed in order to control the birds that nested there. Now the federal government wants to prosecute the tree-trimmer because his trimming affected the birds that nested there. Go figure.

For more instances of regulatory bullying, check out this recent Cato event, “Mugged by the State.”