No building permits needed

Government always insists that, if it doesn’t regulate us to death, we can’t live. Yet here’s a great example that such a belief is false:

Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia church, an unfinished Barcelona landmark that is considered a marvel of modern architecture, has lacked a construction permit for more than a century, city officials acknowledged Friday.

The church, one of the greatest architectural achievements of the last century, hasn’t fallen down. Nobody has been killed.

If innumerable permits had been needed, it might never have arisen to its current height and beauty. This is another example of how government can most help us by getting out of our lives.