[exodus]

To: exodus; Cultural Jihad; Roscoe; wimpycat
You are the only libertarian I've run across with a supportive attitude toward emiment domain. Every other LPer I've met holds that property rights are absolute, the gubmint taking your property for public use with "fair compensation" is inherently unfair, and that they'd cheerfully write a Constitutional Amendment forbidding the practice. And the "beneficial use" clauses of water laws in arid states would be enough to send most Libertarians I've met into apoplexy.
# 263 by Poohbah
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I don't agree with "fair compensation" laws; the fair compensation forced upon owners is never enough to replace what is lost.

I think that people forced to give up their property should be in the drivers seat - forget officially declared "fair," and give the owner enough to replace what he's lost.

My opinion on "beneficial use" would depend on your definition of "beneficial."

Water needed for developement I can support. If "beneficial" means needed for conservation, I've got a problem.

[wimpycat]

There's no need for you to continue pinging me to your comments. I'm not interested in what you have to say, since I'm privy to your opinions on other subjects, such as cop-killing, and that puts a damper on my regard for your opinions in general.