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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; Lucky9teen; Kenny

Look, you can try to excuse Trump on this issue all you like, and you can try to support the insane “Get over eminent domain” argument, which is no argument at all.

The bottom line is that our founders recognized the right to private property as essential to freedom. I will not support any candidate who fails to agree.

“The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”—John Adams

“The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.” —Thomas Jefferson

“The political institutions of America, its various soils and climates, opened a certain resource to the unfortunate and to the enterprising of every country and insured to them the acquisition and free possession of property.” —Thomas Jefferson


3,035 posted on 11/11/2015 7:30:08 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ("A real conservative will bear the scars...will have been in the trenches fighting."--- Ted Cruz)
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To: CatherineofAragon
Look, you can try to excuse Trump on this issue all you like,

Notice that you do not have a rational reply to my points. It's cute to say that private property is inalienable, but you must be able to explain support for the Keystone Pipeline or the border wall when you do so, otherwise your position is simple hypocrisy from the get-go. You must also be able to explain why having an anti-eminent domain President is important. What it is you expect them to do, that the States are not already doing for themselves. If you're objection is simply a philosophical thing, remember that your philosophy is already rendered stupid by support for Keystone.

3,129 posted on 11/11/2015 3:47:03 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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