Eminent Domain - I was hoping this would happen

As I understand it, many run-down dangerosu cities are being slumlorded by absentee owners who don't give a rats if the place turns into crack houses, chop shops, biker HQs, etc. And as the city deteriorates, decent citizens flee to the countryside, as you're seeing in most farming areas.

Maybe the right of eminent domain could help cities seize those properties and allow improvements.

Unlikely perhaps, but not logically impossible....

Later "public use" was further expanded to say that if someone had a taken care piece of property among the slums, it too could be taken as part of the project to renovate the whole area.

And the Supremes simply continued down that logical road to say, well, if we clear slums to improve the economy, and we can take good stuff mixed in with the neglected to improve, then we can simply take good stuff to improve the economy, slum or no slum.

IMHO...goose laid golden egg. Local government is now abusing "public use" and taking private property too freely for the express purpose of another person's financial gain.

Time for some simple amendment to add on to the 5th amendment:

",nor shall private property be involuntarily taken by the Government for the purpose of financial gain by another person or the Government."

(Corporations = "artificial" person legally)

(And I think "purpose" gives the wiggle room that in building a road the "purpose" is not the profit of the road builder)

"Natives" included.

They bitched about the English and Spanish and French.

The English bitched about the Irish.

The Irish bitched about the Polacks.

Etc, etc, etc...

Anybody...excepting criminals...who has the get-up-and-go to leave their home for a better opportunity has my support.

Immigration is a much different issue than private enterprise using the government to re-appropriate economic resources.

Mark

Heard also that there's a bill coming up for vote in a week or so from now to allow illegal aliens to draw on Social Security (that they never contributed to in the first place), and have the checks mailed to their home countries. No joke. Knew that the Congress and the Senate had it tabled, didn't know it was up for vote like NOW. Wouldn't be a bad idea to give our legislators earfulls on that. Email them to death, I do. Can't Email the Supreme Court persay though.

Mark

One thing you have going for you up north, you have a pension. A federal judge ruled a couple of weeks ago that United Airlines could default on the pensions for their employees, since they were the sole contributers, not the employees, and are in finacial dire straits. When I think of the number of US companies that are in financial trouble, who's pension funds are way under funded, that judge opened the flood gates to hell, legally. I foresee bad things for at least the American employee. Good, or better luck to you up north.

By the way, is it over for the NHL? Just so many times can watch Slapshot and old game films before start getting the shakes.

Mark

Just the same, is only one sport in my book, cold steel on ice.

Mark

That would be perfect justice for Justice Souter.