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In reply to the discussion: Do you support eminent domain? [View all]EllieBC
(3,323 posts)45. And there's no way anyone would get "fair market value" here.
Not with what homes cost in many parts of BC. The government would not pay that much at all.
Frankly, I could see the government very easily undervaluing homes.
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when the Texas Rangers used it to build a stadium, I fully understood the potential for abuse.
virtualobserver
Feb 2016
#4
ED has been abused time and again for "Public Good." Many times "Public Good" is bullshit!
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#39
"for public use" - does that include making you sell it so they can build a Walmart store? n/t
PoliticAverse
Feb 2016
#3
Ok so you are positing a more restricted version of eminent domain than that allowed...
PoliticAverse
Feb 2016
#10
A private NJ pizza shop EDed someone's backyard for off-street parking, seen as "Public Good"
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#41
If I recall correctly, in the SC case from Connecticut related to this, the progressive justices
hughee99
Feb 2016
#12
That is a wonderful idea - the idea that the persons so dispossessed would get a share in
Yo_Mama
Feb 2016
#24
If I am fairly compensated for property I am not intensly attatched to, and for the public good -
Kali
Feb 2016
#21
In NJ, a Pizza Shop EDed a neighbor's backyard for a parking lot. Reason, move cars off the street!
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#38
I guess it makes me sort of right-wing-ish, but no, I don't support the concept.
begin_within
Feb 2016
#25
Yes, if they are paid equal to or more than market value and the purpose is for urban renewal.
ErikJ
Feb 2016
#26
It's in the constitution. Until it is amended. . .gotta support the constitution.
Feeling the Bern
Feb 2016
#28
You are absolutely right. They must be fairly compensated, and go through due process as you stated
still_one
Feb 2016
#35
And as long as the state doesn't mess with 'fair value' by saying the property is devalued..
X_Digger
Feb 2016
#36