Comments on: Imminent Eminent Domain http://theflatironlife.com/2007/09/14/664/ These are the ramblings of a young married couple in the great City of Chicago. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:34:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kristoffer http://theflatironlife.com/2007/09/14/664/#comment-531 Kristoffer Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:06:51 +0000 http://theflatironlife.com/2007/09/14/664/#comment-531 Eminent domain gained strength through a series of rulings by the Clinton-appointed Supreme Court. We will start eeeing more and more of this - as we already are here in United Soviet State of Minnesota (USSM). Government will take property from one private citizen and deed it to another for "the betterment of the masses." Here's a fantastic idea if we really want to better society. Let's let the masses decide how much a property is worth and what should go there. That way, only the strongest, most beneficial businesses or residences will own those profitable properties. But that would be called capitalism...something it seems like we have less and less of everyday. Eminent domain gained strength through a series of rulings by the Clinton-appointed Supreme Court. We will start eeeing more and more of this - as we already are here in United Soviet State of Minnesota (USSM). Government will take property from one private citizen and deed it to another for “the betterment of the masses.”

Here’s a fantastic idea if we really want to better society. Let’s let the masses decide how much a property is worth and what should go there. That way, only the strongest, most beneficial businesses or residences will own those profitable properties. But that would be called capitalism…something it seems like we have less and less of everyday.

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