[Ben Ficklin]

"in my opinion"

In your opinion, if a private landowner is required to relinquish his land for a public works project, how much compensation should he receive from the taxpayers?

Market value? 25% above market value? Double market value?

[Bigun]

In your opinion, if a private landowner is required to relinquish his land for a public works project, how much compensation should he receive from the taxpayers?

He should receive the FULL market value of the property concerned. Not just the piece that the government wants to take for it's purposes.

Do you think it fair that the government can currently take a strip of land out of a parcel I own and pay full market value for the strip taken without giving ANY consideration at all to what their taking will do to my overall operation?

[hoosierham]

The difference between willing seller and forced seller ought to be the recompense any other thief is supposed to pay Biblically.

[khnyny]

"in my opinion"

In your opinion, if a private landowner is required to relinquish his land for a public works project, how much compensation should he receive from the taxpayers?

Market value? 25% above market value? Double market value?

Let's get clear on this issue. The kind of "eminent domain" which local governments oftentimes engage has nothing to do with "public works projects". It's done to make a group of investors/developers/politicians wealthy. That is the real world. They have the power and the money to basically steal resources to enrich themselves.