Trump and Eminent Domain [way to acquire property without using government force]

National Review ^ | February 9, 2015 | John R. Lott Jr.

[lodi90]

Ted Cruz and his sleazy anonymous money laundered donations:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/06/politics/ted-cruz-super-pac/index.html

Goldman Sachs Values indeed.

[silverleaf]

99.9% of eminent domain is not exercised by any force except a buy out

As trump correctly points out almost every highway and commercial development came about because government or business purchased the land and benefited the original owner

The exceptional cases get a lot of publicity because they are exceptional

[patq]

How many development projects has Lott worked on? My guess is zero. As far as Atlantic city, Trump did not seize anyone’s property and in fact offered well over fair market value to the owner. She said no and Trump moved on. Of course later she sold it for much less.

Lott, is like Cruz, book smart but no sense of how to run a business. No executive experience.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

“....That $100,000 gift from Trump to the Boehner-allied super PAC was twice as big as his next-biggest contributions. [Trump’s] given $50,000 .. to Karl Rove’s American Crossroads (2010) [and $50,000 to] the pro-Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Kentuckians for Strong Leadership (2013)...

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/08/when-it-comes-to-contributions-trump-doesnt-play-in-the-big-leagues/

And then Trump gave McConnell’s PAC another $10,000 in Nov 2014.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mz-m0P3kd7kiWFGuJ3SNpzjwd8znn4wpbvldTJ9RCUQ/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

[momincombatboots]

Mr Single a payor 2000.. Did that woman have to go to court before he walked away? If not, how was the court involved? To my knowledge they just don’t randomly pick would be cases. Trump took her to court, lost, then claims to have walked away.. True or not true?
Trumpeteers forget the facts... How convenient.

[Mr Apple]

Bookmarked

[dasboot]

“Lott, is like Cruz, book smart but no sense of how to run a business. No executive experience.”

He does not cite his own theoretical ideas; he highlights an actual, real life example of a better practice which uses only carrots...no sticks. His own experience is a point most moot.

[Chgogal]

Read this NYT article carefully. Vera made a piss poor choice.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/nyregion/a-homeowner-who-refused-to-cash-out-in-a-gambling-town-may-have-missed-her-chance.html?_r=0

[Fresh Wind]

In spite of Cruz’s dishonest ad, Trump’s use of eminent domain never made him rich.

[scooby321]

The Bush Family made Eminent Domain the Law of the Land with the help of the former Governor of New Hampshire, John Sunnu Sununu is responsible for recommending David Souter to President George H. W. Bush for appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States, at the behest of New Hampshire senator Warren Rudman. The Wall Street Journal described the events leading up to the appointment of the "liberal jurist" in a 2000 editorial, saying Rudman in his "Yankee Republican liberalism" took "pride in recounting how he sold Mr. Souter to gullible White House chief of staff John Sununu as a confirmable conservative. Then they both sold the judge to President Bush, who wanted above all else to avoid a confirmation battle [after Robert Bork]."[6] Rudman wrote in his memoir that he had "suspected all along" that Souter would not "overturn activist liberal precedents."[7] Sununu later said that he had "a lot of disappointment" about Souter's positions on the Court and would have preferred him to be more similar to Justice Antonin Scalia.[7]

[ObamahatesPACoal]

Sununu and Bush Sr are supported Souter.

[nikos1121]

Please, go back to bed.

[mylife]

I have a huge easement that I must maintain under gov threat

get out of mylife!

[Sacajaweau]

I saw pictures of the interior someplace. It was a sty.

She was influenced by her son(or son in law)...and I believe she actually moved in with him.

Sonny boy and whoever else would have benefitted lost. Just plain dumb.

[VitacoreVision]

Look who else used Eminent Domain.

Donald Trump: Bush Family Used Eminent Domain to Build a Baseball Park
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/268562-trump-bush-family-used-eminent-domain-to-build-a-baseball

[napscoordinator]

I don’t know how you get single payer from not wanting people to die in the streets. I guess you have a vivid imagination. I actually think Trump’s medical ideas are great. There is no reason that just because you lose your job that you should lose insurance. You should be able to buy insurance from any state. We are able to do that with car insurance. My insurance company for my car insurance is located in Texas....USAA. Why shouldn’t medical be the same way. Cruz just wants the same thing as Obama but under a different name.

[Sacajaweau]

Getting rid of blighted properties has now been added to many state eminent domain agendas. In many cases, he doesn't ever reach the process of eminent domain because developers offer these people much more than the property is worth.

In our area, it's called urban renewal....and it works.

[USS Alaska]

Trump should follow the Kochs' example.

yeb's brother, jorgeW, used eminent domain in the acquisition of the land for his baseball park. I'm not crazy about eminent domain but it is necessary.

Wifey, take your meds today, drink some corn likker, smoke your corncob pipe and don't say or do anything to further hurt Ted Cruz.

Stop helping him with your repetitive, insulting articles and he might have a chance.