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To: Ben Ficklin

So I take it that you think it is alright for the government to take my property without any consideration for the costs such a taking imposes on me. Costs such as, for example, finding another suitable location for my business and moving it there.


76 posted on 06/19/2007 3:06:01 PM PDT by Bigun (IRS sucks @getridof it.com)
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To: Bigun
Condemnation/eminent domain has been used by govt and accepted by citizens thru-out civilization. I would dare say that when they built the irrigation canals in Sumer and Ur, someone had to give up land.

Given the magnitude of condemnation that occurs everyday at the local, state, & federal levels, and around the world, the fact that there is very, very little discontent with the process indicates that it is being done in fair and equitable way. While there may be a few unjust circumstances, for the most part, most landowners get a better than market deal and some of them make out like bandits.

OTOH, there are always going to be malcontents who complain that they have been screwed or think that they are entitled to more.

Anyone who has followed the issue in Texas knows that the bill that Perry vetoed was nothing more than a feel-good, get-me-re-elected bill that the legislature passed knowing that it would be vetoed.

87 posted on 06/20/2007 3:45:17 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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