Posted on 06/23/2005 7:30:08 AM PDT by Helmholtz
U.S. Supreme Court says cities have broad powers to take property.
Sure it will. If you can morph into a cockroach.
Signed!
"I have come to the conclusion that Bush is not a friend of freedom."
Laz you are such a liar. I'm sick of seeing this crap you post...of course George Bush is a friend of freedom..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................FOR OPEN BORDERS AND ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoops, dammit the joke was ruined by the formatting.
the "punchline" should have read "for open borders and illegal aliens"
The Socialist Libs are pushing everything through the courts because that is where they have the most power. Abolish the Supreme Court! Term limits for the Supremes! Unless we DO something, they are just going to trample over all our rights! Even ones enumerated in the Constitution. Ah, nevermind, go back to sleep!
No problem. I sure have changed my views since the election. I used to believe that Republicans were the "good guys" who just didn't have a backbone. I'm sure they are in their heart of hearts, but they've been far too silent on one too many issues for me to think that anymore. Where the hell is Bush on this SCOTUS ruling? A real president who cared about the American people would have called a press conference immediately after this ruling and gone on a full scale attack mode against this judicial tyranny. All I hear are crickets chirping. The silence is deafening......
"It just won't pay to own land."
Oh yes it will!
I am among those who benefit greatly from yesterday's decision. Foreign (and American) investors like to invest in US real estate development, because labor costs are low, taxes are relatively low, local governments are usually very friendly to getting as much money as they can, and the profits are high.
The difficulties that usually loom in my deals are usually threats of environmental problems (these ebb or flow depending on whether business-friendly or environmentalist-friendly regulators sit in Washington. Business-friendly regulators are not as keen on enforcement), and problems assembling land: the "lone holdout" who won't sell her house and demands an extortionate price.
Yesterday's decision was a godsend for real estate development. Town councils are made up of local businessmen, and they're always ready to cut a deal.
Individuals can no longer block development. If the town council wants to go ahead with a plan we negotiate, the lone holdout will now be removed and paid something reasonable, as opposed to the extortionate prices they always demand. Quick condemnation of private property is great for investors in land development.
Including lots of French ones.
"Too bad that no one will take a stand on this."
Let me re-paste what I said in a reply to another FReeper:
"Where the hell is Bush on this SCOTUS ruling? A real president who cared about the American people would have called a press conference immediately after this ruling and gone on a full scale attack mode against this judicial tyranny. All I hear are crickets chirping. The silence is deafening......"
Of course, I recognize that there probably isnt anything that Bush can do, but bringing attention to the issue and renouncing this communist ruling would bring attention to it.
I no longer care about any other issue...why should I be afraid of terrorists attacking us when a government trending communist now poses more of an immediate threat to it's own citizens via a land grab?
Why should I care about social security when the government can take something that's worth far more any retirement plan could ever give me...my property!
"Unless we DO something, they are just going to trample over all our rights!"
We're not going to do anything, and they know it. We're just going to bend over and Baaa! Baaa! like the good little sheeple that we are.
Smart move, you'd have already lost unless you think Janice Rogers brown is a "RINO".
It most certainly did.
Read: Individuals can no longer own their land if you see a way you can profit.
I'm glad this Soviet-style ruling makes you money. After all, that's all that counts, right?
"We're not going to do anything, and they know it. We're just going to bend over and Baaa! Baaa! like the good little sheeple that we are."
And the reason Americans will do that is because they do not want to fundamentally realign their constitutional structure.
To stop these things from happening, they need to do that. It's the only way.
But the "US Constitution" has become practically an idol to so many Americans, that any fundamental change in it is assailed as "un-American".
Caught in the cognitive dissonance of the need to change something sacred, most Americans will default to apathy.
Of course, most land will not be seized. Only that which is necessary for the development projects of my clients.
America just made itself a much more attractive target for high-end European real estate investment. It is hard to assemble land anywhere. America just made it a lot easier.
That means more foreign investment...all those Euros that can't be effectively invested in Paris or Bordeaux because the land cannot be gotten so easily.
The Supreme Court certainly struck a blow for free market capitalism in land transactions. Land is, after all, just another commodity. Those with the greatest means who can negotiate the best deals should, in a free market, be able to oust those who make less economically efficient uses of it. The US Supreme Court would seem to agree. Certainly my industry approves!
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Great to hear you're all contacting your representatives. Thanks! I'm e-mailing the White House contact info and hyperlinks to the Senate directory and House directory to everyone I know. From what I understand, eight states already have laws banning the seizure of private property for this type of use; there are 42 of us left to get something done. It sounds as though state laws are our recourse for this outrageous decision. Hopefully, readers of this post will find these links to be helpful. |
I didn't know it was possible to pack so much bs in one sentence. Congrats.
In Nazi Germany, you could make soap quite cheaply from all the fat you could render from the Jews.
Perhaps you'd cheer that too.
Excellent comments. Welcome to FR : )
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