ij.org — "Across America, local governments are using the power of eminent domain to seize private homes, businesses, farms and houses of worship in order to transfer those properties to other private owners for their private use....More often than not, governments justify these private-to-private transfers by making bogus "blight" declarations & arguing...
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robbiedoOct 2, 2006
The Romans salted the fields
shmattOct 3, 2006
Pelosi is the minority leader, not the majority leader, and her 'support' of it is questionable, mostly based on an uncharacteristically incoherent interview September 05. nice try...
Closed AccountOct 3, 2006
"So much for the concept that we need a government to protect the poor. "Where in the Constitution does it state that government's purpose is to protect the poor?
yllabianbitpipeOct 3, 2006
What's dumb is one would think, if you spend your hard-earned cash to buy something, you should be the one to decide what to do with it and who to sell it to.
monkeywizardOct 3, 2006
Go ahead and TRY to take my house from me.You will find yourself with a bullet in your f**king head.Law or not, you aren't gettin s**t from me :D
jeffiekOct 3, 2006
"Where in the Constitution does it state that government's purpose is to protect the poor?"Damned if I know, but it must be there somewhere. If I bring up private education the response is "What about the poor?", or welfare, or most any subject. All these government programs are purportedly there to serve the poor, so they must be in the Constitution somewhere (the fine print maybe?).This action in Florida shows what the government really thinks of the poor.
jo42Oct 3, 2006
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the schmuck in the middle gets futher in debt. Welcome to America!