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To: Ancesthntr

And require premium compensation, like say 125% of the highest reasonable appraisal, as compensation for people having to leave a place they might not have chosen to leave, and a disincentive for governments to use condemnation unless the land is direly needed.


41 posted on 05/07/2007 6:07:22 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Still Thinking
And require premium compensation, like say 125% of the highest reasonable appraisal, as compensation for people having to leave a place they might not have chosen to leave, and a disincentive for governments to use condemnation unless the land is direly needed.

Great concept - but how about 150%? Give government a real disincentive to take private property.

49 posted on 05/08/2007 8:41:50 AM PDT by Ancesthntr
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