A widow has an undeveloped property as an investment from her late husband. A judge rules that a developer can develop houses on it to increase property taxes to support the local schools. The widow is given the minimum amount for the land and the developer puts a house on the land.
A year later, the city fathers decide that they want a huge mall to get revenue for their local sales tax. The Widows home and all the other homes in that area are given to the Project Managers of the Mall. The homeowners are given the minimum values of their homes.
A year later, the State decides that the mall is environmentally unsafe and writes a bill to have it turned into a environmentally friendly wetland. The mall is razed and the roads around it. The businesses in the mall are given the minimum value for their property and the employees are fired.
Brave new world huh?
Sad to say, but with 3 years of GWB and Rinos and Liberals, left and possibly 2 appointments to the bench, I see things getting worse, not better