10-07-2015, 03:25 PM
(10-07-2015, 03:18 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: He's right, but it's an area of potential abuse. Just as the govt can seize/do things in the name of national security, but it's rarely used. In either case, what usually happens is the govt pays well above market value.
So not to minimize being forced out of your home, but getting above market is something different than stealing.
I know he is right, you know he's right, and many people know he is right. The thing is that the people that have been jumping on the Trump bandwagon are those that tend to not think highly of eminent domain. The use of it is contrary to their typically espoused political leanings. Much like the "establishment" politicians being those they are against.
It's very interesting to me to watch the GOP this election cycle because of these sorts of things. The DNC isn't doing much of anything because they really don't have anything exciting going on. Bernie isn't going to do anything, as much as his supporters are hoping and wishing for it and Hillary is, well, Hillary. The DNC isn't as much of a spectacle for me this time around. So I have to resort to the Donald Trump show over on the GOP side of things.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
