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In reply to the discussion: Do you support eminent domain? [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)24. That is a wonderful idea - the idea that the persons so dispossessed would get a share in
the resulting project.
It would solve a lot of problems.
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when the Texas Rangers used it to build a stadium, I fully understood the potential for abuse.
virtualobserver
Feb 2016
#4
ED has been abused time and again for "Public Good." Many times "Public Good" is bullshit!
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#39
"for public use" - does that include making you sell it so they can build a Walmart store? n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2016
#3
Ok so you are positing a more restricted version of eminent domain than that allowed...
PoliticAverse
Feb 2016
#10
A private NJ pizza shop EDed someone's backyard for off-street parking, seen as "Public Good"
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#41
If I recall correctly, in the SC case from Connecticut related to this, the progressive justices
hughee99
Feb 2016
#12
That is a wonderful idea - the idea that the persons so dispossessed would get a share in
Yo_Mama
Feb 2016
#24
If I am fairly compensated for property I am not intensly attatched to, and for the public good -
Kali
Feb 2016
#21
In NJ, a Pizza Shop EDed a neighbor's backyard for a parking lot. Reason, move cars off the street!
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#38
I guess it makes me sort of right-wing-ish, but no, I don't support the concept.
begin_within
Feb 2016
#25
Yes, if they are paid equal to or more than market value and the purpose is for urban renewal.
ErikJ
Feb 2016
#26
It's in the constitution. Until it is amended. . .gotta support the constitution.
Feeling the Bern
Feb 2016
#28
You are absolutely right. They must be fairly compensated, and go through due process as you stated
still_one
Feb 2016
#35
And as long as the state doesn't mess with 'fair value' by saying the property is devalued..
X_Digger
Feb 2016
#36