whatever it isn't it doesn't replace lives changed -psycholocial changes to kids and families-they aren't gettting a million bucks to go to the casino they have to REPLACE livliehoods and houses which aren't cheap-it means starting all over agin which isn't easy.
I was reading on another blog where a poster was commenting on the so-called "compensation", saying something like if these people are being offered $100,000-$300,000 to move, who in their right mind wouldn't? Well, what many overlook is that in many cases these people aren't just leaving their homes and the lives they've built (which is traumatic enough that it is hard to put a dollar value on that), but also businesses they have built up with their own sweat and labor over the course of decades, farms and gardens that produce their livelihoods. Throwing someone a pittance of a bone for a lifetime of labor is more like a slap in the face than "compensation".
But there will always be cold-hearted individuals who never will grasp the simple truth of the old saying, there are just some things that money can't buy. When you've labored for decades to built, with your own hands and the sweat of your brow, something from nothing, and then have someone come along and throw 30 pieces of silver at you and tell you to take it and be happy with it, well, I can see why one would be inclined to say, no thanks.