To: Stew Padasso
OK. I'll admit to being a bit slow here. How does that differ from what we already have. If my state wants to build a highway and needs your land, they buy it and build the road. That's already happening. How is this different?
139 posted on
06/23/2005 8:53:01 AM PDT by
GOP_Proud
(...stumbling across Bill Bennett on the radio is like bumping into Socrates at Starbucks.-K.Parker)
To: GOP_Proud
How is this different? Well, the SCOTUS has now made it "legal" for government to seize your home and sell it to a private individual who promises to pay more TAXES on the land.
147 posted on
06/23/2005 8:55:08 AM PDT by
jess35
To: GOP_Proud
Because it doesnt have to be for the public good (ala a highway etc.), it could now just be a shopping center which will provide better tax revenue for the socialists in government.
152 posted on
06/23/2005 8:56:56 AM PDT by
LongsforReagan
(Not a Hannity Republican who just spouts talking points.)
To: GOP_Proud
A highway is a legitimate reason for the government to use eminent domain. Siezure of your property to sell to a developer is not a legitimate reason.
Siezure of property by the governent simply to increase tax revenue is not a legitimate reason.
154 posted on
06/23/2005 8:57:17 AM PDT by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
To: GOP_Proud
Think of it this way... If they seize your land and give you some money for a road, everybody gets to use the road. Now it's ok for them to seize your land, hand it over to a developer to...oh...build a health club. A completely private health club.
So if a private individual or company can make a case for the city getting more benefit (through tax revenue) for the latest in health spa design, they can snag your land to do it.
159 posted on
06/23/2005 8:58:22 AM PDT by
faloi
To: GOP_Proud
Good morning.
"How is this different?"
Taking your land to build luxury condos on it is different from taking your land to build a highway on it. This decision makes it easier for land to be taken for commercial purposes.
Michael Frazier
679 posted on
06/24/2005 8:58:35 AM PDT by
brazzaville
(No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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