Trump’s view of the use of eminent domain is crony capitalism at its worst. Keystone is a red herring. It’s a public works project, just like hydroelectric dams and power lines.
Business owners and politicians in collusion with each other to abuse eminent domain laws in a way that greases each other’s palms should be abhorrent to conservatives, let alone the fact that it is an unconstitutional use of the law. I don’t care if SCOTUS gave it the green light - it’s unconstitutional.
The argument of eminent domain supporters (re Trump) is that the tax revenues benefit the community. Bunk. Conservatives do not support the government receiving more taxes in any way, shape or form. Conservatives believe that we are the better stewards of our money, not government.
If one agrees that increased tax revenues are justifiable in the case of eminent domain, then one has no right to oppose increased tax revenues in any situation. How about a tax on gun ownership? Should be just fine to you if the taxes are used to build roads and bridges. How about higher gas taxes? Taxes on junk food and big gulps? Same.
Either many Freepers have been deluded into believing that anything Trump does is justifiable, they haven’t thought it through, they’re really liberals at heart, or they’re just plain stupid.
For the life of me, I can’t figure out how so many people can be so misguided. Do you have an explanation?
“For the life of me, I can’t figure out how so many people can be so misguided. Do you have an explanation?”
More than a few are actually Clintonites in Trump drag.
If you notice more than a few of their talking points are recycled talking points from when B Clinton ran for president.
Most notable is the reworded “character doesn’t matter” talking point from Clinton’s 1992 election.
Trump’s position on any given subject before he started running for president doesn’t matter the only thing that matters is what he says now.
It's a private venture. That was already vetted here. You are not entitled to your own private facts.
How sanctimonious of you. Maybe some us support Trump because we want an outsider who (1) accomplished more in life than arguing before the supreme court, (2) who tells it like it is and doesn't get wobbly in the knees when asked about waterboarding (3) brought the subject of illegal immigration to the fore, etc,.
Read Trumps platform on his website. It's not too different from Teds. So, based on your logic, Ted is a liberal too,
Those of us who see the other side where Trump took nothing from the old lady but walked away and she got nothing as well wonder the same about the side that continues the false narrative of his building a lot.