You are not correct. Most eminent domain today is for redevelopment for a tax base. That is considered the public good. Consider rundown neighborhoods in many cities. The use of eminent domain allows the properties to be bought up and converted to upscale houses... known as gentrification. This benefits the city by bringing in taxpayers and it benefits the city by being able to increase taxes on the property. This is a Republican, conservative and Constitutional position. What is wrong with folks here?
“You are not correct. Most eminent domain today is for redevelopment for a tax base. That is considered the public good. Consider rundown neighborhoods in many cities. The use of eminent domain allows the properties to be bought up and converted to upscale houses... known as gentrification. This benefits the city by bringing in taxpayers and it benefits the city by being able to increase taxes on the property. This is a Republican, conservative and Constitutional position. What is wrong with folks here?”
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You ask “What is wrong with folks here?”. I guess, from your perspective, it’s that they are not socialists and do not worship the State.
Thanks to Kelo, this may be true, but I highly doubt it. Historically, almost all eminent domain uses had been for energy transmission, water transmission, communication transmission, and roads... in other words, infrastructure so that we could ALL have access to the important basics... not so a few small neighborhoods could look nicer and bring in more tax dollars.
Nothing wrong with them unless you are a democrat trying to prove that republicans are heartless. What is republican about forcing someone to sell something they don’t want to sell just to “increase tax base”
No, it isn't.