[FITZ]

It's easy to say until they take your house. They're moving some poor, mostly older people out of their homes in the poorest side of town to build a school --- but most won't afford new houses. It's kind of hard when the house you're living in is worth about $20,000 but there are no other houses around for that.

[AppyPappy]

I suppose the answer to that is to kill people. Good answer.

[Freedom4US]

As far as eminent domain in general - it's perfectly fine (well, sorta) when used for the public good - like highways. Not strip malls or car dealerships.

The problem as I see it - a nice old lady on a fixed income has lived in her house for 45 years. They need the land, so they make what they feel is a generous offer - 20% over fair market value or whatnot. Everybody is fairly compensated right? Wrong. Because, when our proverbial nice old lady tries to find ANOTHER house - guess what - she can't afford to live there. In my mind, eminent domain is fine PROVIDED those involved provide compensation to secure an equivalent domicile and land, along with all moving expenses and associated costs. Anything else is theft pretty much.