When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

[UCDAggies]

When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

 

[jpeyton]

For public use only; i.e. for roads, schools, etc.

Grocery store = private profit.

 

[UCDAggies]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
For public use only; i.e. for roads, schools, etc.

Grocery store = private profit.

What about places that provide services for the public, such as the cable company, electric company, water company, ect?

The use of ED for things beyond land, like cables, powerlines, and equipment.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: UCDAggies

Originally posted by: jpeyton
For public use only; i.e. for roads, schools, etc.

Grocery store = private profit.

What about places that provide services for the public, such as the cable company, electric company, water company, ect?

Then you open up a slippery slope about a host of private purposes that could serve the public interest.

I'm sure my friends and I would like an In & Out Burger next door, but I doubt my neighbor feels the same way.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
For public use only; i.e. for roads, schools, etc.

Grocery store = private profit.

/thread

 

[BrownTown]

I would say its better to be too cautious concerning eminent domain than too liberal with its usage. You really don't want to start a precent where emnent domain is used on a regular basis becasue remember that it isn't going to be YOU who decides what is most in the interest of the "public", it will be government officials and they likely won't believe the same as you concerning alot of issues. Also, there is obviously a HUGE avenue for abuse of power there where the government helps out their buddies in teh private sector by gettign them the prime realestate below cost "for the public good".

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

You have to be kidding.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

this seems like a legit question/topic. why should he be banned?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

this seems like a legit question/topic. why should he be banned?

Not ban... re-ban. DVK916

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WHAT? Eminent Domain should be used for public uses only. The government shouldn't be able to take your business so a grocery store can move in, that's ridiculous. Ever heard of property rights?

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

this seems like a legit question/topic. why should he be banned?

Not ban... re-ban. DVK916

He does sound a lot like that idiot.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

this seems like a legit question/topic. why should he be banned?

Not ban... re-ban. DVK916

He does sound a lot like that idiot.

See my thread in forum issues. I should add to it.

Starts religion flame threads... Cali>* comments... "How could you possibly live in Ak"... And of course, totally ignores anyone who calls attention to this stuff. I'm waiting for him to talk about his Fenix Fox.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

this seems like a legit question/topic. why should he be banned?

Not ban... re-ban. DVK916

He does sound a lot like that idiot.

See my thread in forum issues. I should add to it.

Starts religion flame threads... Cali>* comments... "How could you possibly live in Ak"... And of course, totally ignores anyone who calls attention to this stuff. I'm waiting for him to talk about his Fenix Fox.

What was he banned for in the first place?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

Personally I think it is acceptable as long as the government thinks it will benifit most of the citizens.

Example:

Your business/home located where the city thinks a grocery store would benifit the most people, they should be able to use ED and take your land from you.

To seize controle of assets of large companies who are providing services such as electricity.

WWYBYWB

Can somebody please confirm this fools identity and re-ban him.

this seems like a legit question/topic. why should he be banned?

Not ban... re-ban. DVK916

He does sound a lot like that idiot.

See my thread in forum issues. I should add to it.

Starts religion flame threads... Cali>* comments... "How could you possibly live in Ak"... And of course, totally ignores anyone who calls attention to this stuff. I'm waiting for him to talk about his Fenix Fox.

What was he banned for in the first place?

That's what I can't remember. I remember he went on a religious flame-fest and disappeared but I can't remember if he was banned. Of course, if he wasn't banned, why come back as UCDAggies?

Mods could clear this up pretty quick. Was DVK916 banned or did he just go away?

 

[0roo0roo]

for infrastructure improvement

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: UCDAggies
When is eminent domain acceptable to you?

When I get to bulldoze your house, just for the fun of it.

 

[kedlav]

Infrastructure and necessary services only (i.e. major hospitals, first-responders). Opening up Eminent Domain for use by the private sector is not riding the slippery slope, its on the rocks at the base of the cliff. The government exists to serve the people, not the interests of business to the point of bending its citizens over and sticking it in raw.

 

[Luthien]

I would say almost never unless it is really really really needed by the public in order for it to survive, otherwise the city or whomever needs to find another solution or buy out the owner at a price they don't want to refuse.

I find the idea criminal otherwise. Sorry but I don't feel like infrastructure improvement is a precise enough reason to give someone as a reason they have to quit their property and home and take or leave it on the price we decide you deserve. I say big middle finger to that.

 

[Flyback]

Never. Not even for public infrastructure.

Want the land? Pay what the owner is willing to sell it for.

Don't like that? Tough. It's not yours to take.

 

[patentman]

Here is a good read that is on point:

http://www.freestarmedia.com/hotellostliberty1.html

After the Kelo decision, someone tried to convince New Hampshire use eminent domain to take Justic Souter's home (Justice Souter authored the opinion in Kelo as I recall) for the purpose of building a hotel. Pretty funny IMO.

 

[Specop 007]

NEVER. The entire concept of the government forcibly taking anything from anyone is beyond me. I understand the point of easements, and those are specifically written into contracts. But ED is a crock of steaming communist sh1t.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: Flyback
Never. Not even for public infrastructure.

Want the land? Pay what the owner is willing to sell it for.

Don't like that? Tough. It's not yours to take.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Unfortunately people like the OP and at least 5 members of the current US Supreme Court seem to feel that stretching the meaning of this to cover tax revenue derived from redevelopment is a "public use".

 

[jjones]

When it's used to appropriate the land of lawmakers who approve of eminent domain.

 

[Superwormy]

*NEVER*

The very foundations of capitalism and this country are in private property, once you start down this slippery slope of the government taking land...