Posted on 10/06/2015 5:48:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Even though it's a stance not especially popular with some Republicans, Donald Trump continued to support eminent domain in an interview on Tuesday, calling it "a wonderful thing" that has unfairly received a bad rap.
Trump, a billionaire known for his major real estate development projects, described eminent domain as a useful tool that local governments can use to prevent greedy homeowners from derailing major projects that could create thousands of jobs or provide a public good. Trump said that some conservatives don't fully understand how eminent domain works and don't realize that homeowners are usually paid "four, five, six, ten times" what their property is actually worth.
"Eminent domain, when it comes to jobs, roads, the public good, I think it's a wonderful thing," Trump said during an interview with Fox News's Bret Baier that aired Tuesday evening. "And remember, you're not taking property you're paying a fortune for that property."
Trump's support of eminent domain, along with his use of the practice professionally, has prompted some criticism from conservatives.Republican presidential rival Rand Paul has slammed Trump over his eminent domain views, calling the mogul a big fan of the practice who has shown no consideration for small private property owners."
The super PAC for the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative advocacy group, recently aired television advertisements in Iowa that accuse Trump of supporting "eminent domain abuse" that would allow him to "make millions while we lose our property rights." Trump said the Club for Growth's attacks have come only because he refused to donate $1 million to their cause. He added that the spots are "not right" and do not accurately explain eminent domain.
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But Glad to see you outed yourself as the DC establishment troll .
I assume you were one.
All the more reason we need a conservative president in position to reverse the tide of liberal SC justices that currently compose the majority in our Supreme Court.
Taken away or paid for? We will likely soon have the state purchase our home for a bypass. Am I happy? No but it isn’t confiscated. We will be paid.
I could wish all Democrats were union Democrats. As it is, Democrats are selling workers down the river.
You want perfection, you will squeal powerlessly in a corner till you get it, which will be never.
“Increased [tax] revenue is not a public good.”
You say it, you own it
No. It is not one or the other. Think about it for awhile. Things may be the fruit, the evidence, of a person’s freedom. That is not the same thing as defining WHY they choose what they chose or why they do what they do or who they intrinsically are.
I would define myself based on my Christianity, on my beliefs, on my family, etc... and nothing else. But my liberty is evidenced in the entire array of choices that I make, including my property. If my property can be taken by force, then some of my personal liberty has been taken by force.
Amazing to watch people who call themselves conservatives support a candidate who is willing to use government power to steal from the weak. If you fail private property, you fail everything. This moral blind spot will grow into a massive abuse of power. It’s a serious, serious character failure - or used to be, among small-government conservatives. Shame.
Behold, the power of a cult of personality. I’ve always been fascinated by the times in the history books when one erupts, but never thought I’d get to see one on American soil - and among the “conservatives”, no less.
By the way, Trump is not going to deport the Mexicans, nor is he going to build a wall. He is the candidate most likely to ignore his own rhetoric a month after he says it.
Maybe the entire concept of ED is then wrong, and quibbles over when its qualifications are met are just that, quibbles that miss the point.
How about let’s get it banned by constitutional amendment then? Totally?
See post #2 above for the reasoning as to why this doesnt matter.>>>>
it matters to me and i wish he would stay very far away. bier knew where to go and even wanted to get off the subject. but Trump kept at it. not good. he should avoid this topic. he has only a limited understanding of the topic and if he has the opportunity needs a check in with Cruz on it.
Method for arriving at this conclusion, please?
Yes.
I don’t need perfection, nor do I need your strawman arguments. I don’t vote for Democrats in the Republican primary.
The govt may play a role as mediator, and that is the local govt, as a representative of the local people.
I may have a similar problem brewing with my business in a few years.
I do have a great problem if a private developer or landholder/businessman wants another adjacent property for themselves and wants to steal it.......In the end, I cannot see one law fitting all possibilities. That's why lawyers get fat.
You have a hobby horse you are riding to an utter destruction of America and then where will even a semblance of your property rights be?
Look at who is gathering the power.
Excellent and thanks for your use of exclamation points. They clarify what otherwise would just be gibberish intelligible only to the poster himself.
Aha! The public good!
The best place to practice eminent domain is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now there’s some property to be confiscated in the public good.
When you get 10 20 times what your house is worth who can be against it?
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