What? He almost paid her double what her proprty was worth!
Thank goodness he didn’t succeed. After all why should a major city be able to rezone a run down shack to commercial in order to build a giant business which employs thousands of minorities and young people? No by all means some dog in the manger should be able to hold onto her run down shack and stop development. After all, that is what America wants! An outhouse on every block!
Lol. That Trump is really horrible! He came so close to buying her out... Oh now the property has been sold anyway?... Nevermind
Keep it coming Libtards. Games already over though.
It’s a waste of JimRob’s electrons to even post this.
What an idiot woman.
She could have sold it for $1M in 1980 or so after having been bought in 1961 for $20K.
Even this Trump eminent domain deal was to have given her $250K in 1993.
She recently sold it for $500K
If we were not letting millions of people into this
country there would not be the demand for
new malls, apartments, schools etc.
As a junior in High School, I entered a door reserved for seniors, I’m so glad that I chose not to run for President. That misdeed would have warranted a 10 page critique in some liberal rag if I had the misfortune to achieve some political traction as a conservative. Were I a liberal, innumerable rapes and murders would be totally ignored.
As a junior in High School, I entered a door reserved for seniors, I’m so glad that I chose not to run for President. That misdeed would have warranted a 10 page critique in some liberal rag if I had the misfortune to achieve some political traction as a conservative. Were I a liberal, innumerable rapes and murders would be totally ignored.
Old people. Next there will be a story about Trump’s actions somewhere in time that harmed small children and puppies.
No one cares.
This clown Boaz has no problem attacking Trump (et tu Cato?)
This is a legislative problem not a private individual problem.
Towns and cities far and wide not only tolerate the process, they actively promote it!
Clueless bureaucrats and elected criminals have no problem evicting Aunt Matilda if it means a bigger tax base.
Fairness and common sense should make the practice illegal.
It's simply not possible for any individual to make it happen. It's been common since the 60s. I had decades of personal experience fighting it.
It requires the active participation of useless bureaucrats and elected criminals to exist at all.
Blame Trump?
GIVE ME A BREAK!
He was wrong on this. I like The Donald and admire his run but he was and is wrong on this.
In the Kelo case— there is now a vast empty area where the houses in New London were located. Pfizer pulled out and shut down their “R&D” facility-AFTER they pushed the people out at a “fair” price (not). Why did they leave? Because Pfizer is NO longer (distinguished from it’s WWII credits) an R&D pharma company. The history over the last 12 years plus has been— “acquire a company” for a “revenue stream” of their products (hence not needing any real creation of their own) to pump up their stock value with “revenue” cooked in the books, then fire all the employees in the acquisition and “market” the products.
Don’t let anyone tell you, having acquired Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert, Upjohn/Pharmacia, and the behemoth Wyeth-— that Pfizer has invented anything (aside from the prick pill viagra- how fitting) and is largely responsible for the “buying” of Congress to get obamaumao-care approved. Why? so that in it’s supposed “business” plan, it’s number one partner is to be the US govt. and the verrry few insurance companies left- so that Pfizer can control most of the market of medicines in any category dispensed and paid for by govt. agencies and the mandated “taxed” “insured” general public forced to participate. In short— the very essence of corporate cronyism and venture socialism- the Eurotrash model. What all will notice is that, particularly for Pfizer, pharmaceuticals have not, as a result of these “efficiencies” reduced in price. This was never their intent- rather to push their margin and volume in government sanctioned price fixing. There is no way shape or form that this is conservativism- no matter the PR campaign.
Their actions in New London are but a living testimony of buying a Supreme Court decision (because they have the money to do so in various “covered” ways and “foundations”)and the extremely low regard for people’s property rights (not their OWN of course). A travesty.
And yet....without the liberals on SCOTUS and their disastrous “New London” decision, wouldn’t Trump’s attempt been even MORE difficult?!
CATO is right; eminent domain should not be used in the way described.
Haven’t most states already addressed eminent domain abuse? I know Kansas has.
Trump is a total jerk. I lived in NYC during his glory days, and nothing he did was good for anybody but Trump. He also, with his “reality TV,” had a hugely coarsening effect on society in general.
eminent domain is more often than not, used for the benefit of society in general....the property owners are usually well compensated and should use a little common sense. I certainly believe in property rights of the individual, but realistically, if a major project which will bring millions of dollars into the community is in the works, then bite the bullet and get on with life.
Ask me if I give a damn. Go ahead ask me.....
Kelo is Fascism
CATO is Charles Koch’s mouthpiece.