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To: HiTech RedNeck

It probably should be there for emergency situations. I am not trying to say I’m an expert. I am just saying that taking property from one and giving it to another for the purpose of collecting more taxes is a terribly wrong thing. We should hate eminent domain even in rare instances when it is necessary for public use. But there is no excuse for it when the point is just more tax dollars or even more jobs.

For me it is a similar feeling to the death penalty. It is necessary sometimes but I still hate it. I am for it when necessary, but I will never celebrate it as a wonderful thing. It is always a sad thing. That’s probably not a perfect comparison because there are times when it is hard to not celebrate the death penalty for a particularly evil criminal. Conversely, it is always hard to celebrate the taking of someone’s property for public use even when necessary.


130 posted on 10/06/2015 6:44:58 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

death penalty>>>>
minent domain even in rare instances when it is necessary for public use. But there is no excuse for it when the point is just more tax dollars or even more jobs.>>>

I think you were a writer of the constitution. your feelings are why the words are there.


199 posted on 10/06/2015 8:37:50 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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