A city councilwoman expressed her anger that they were unable to take a man's land with Eminent Domain. She notes that if he were a 'normal person' they could take it, but since he's rich, he'll be able to use the law and protect his property (or bankrupt the city through extended litigation).
Eminent Domain is the right of a government to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. Public officials attempt to justify Eminent Domain by extolling the new public use as a boon for everyone. But therein lies the problem. When government isn't limited, public officials are incentivized by corporate interests to take private property for the good of the corporations. Further Reading: Eminent domain abuse violates private property rights Top Ten Worst Abuses of Eminent Domain Eminent Domain: Being Abused?Is Seizure Of Private Property Always In Public's Interest? Eminent disaster: Homeowners in Connecticut town were dispossessed for nothing Follow libertyLOL on your favorite social media sites:FacebookYoutube Tumblr Pintrest Countable: Government Made Simple Steemit blog on a blockchain Patreon Gab.ai libertyLOL's Liberty Blog RSS Feed We also run a couple twitterbots which provide great quotes and book suggestions: Murray Rothbard Suggests Tom Woods Suggests Jason Stapleton Suggests Progressive Contradictions MORE FROM LIBERTYLOL:
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