[snowsislander]

Maybe this has been said, but they do have to PAY for it, and pay fair market value. It is not seizure in the sense of theft. In the same vein, eminent domain is a seizure but the state has to pay for the property, and for your attorney to prove the value of that property, and for the appraiser, etc. etc.

Eminent domain is a great field. Everybody gets paid.

Not everyone in this country is smart enough or rich enough to go blithely hiring lawyers. I believe that there will be elderly folks out there will get one of these notices, particularly those living on family farms that don't generate much tax money compared to a Super China-Mart, and some of them will have their land taken for pennies on the dollar.

[esquirette]

"Not everyone in this country is smart enough or rich enough to go blithely hiring lawyers. I believe that there will be elderly folks out there will get one of these notices, particularly those living on family farms that don't generate much tax money compared to a Super China-Mart, and some of them will have their land taken for pennies on the dollar."

First, why add 'blithely' to your post if not to marginalize the statements made? Second, and my post remains the same, THEY WILL GET PAID SO IT IS NOT A THEFT.

Third, are you saying that there are landowners in this country who cannot take care of or think for themselves? That does not sound conservative to me.