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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (37121)6/24/2005 2:05:28 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
"What's the difference between taking my rights as private citizen for a supposed public good ... and taking my private property for private use?"

Are you suggesting that the right of eminent domain shouldn't exist?

"(say, the ease of gov't operation in the case of free speech by stopping me from criticizing a another private citizen closely connected to that gov't)"

Getting a tad paranoid, are we? This has nothing to do with speech rights. We're talking about property, not liberty.

"Using eminent domain to force transfer of private property from one private party to another is simply one citizen using the police powers of the state as its thug... The IS a difference between taking private property to build a public road and taking it to build a Wal-Mart and you know it."

I don't think you understood my post. What you describe, I would consider an abuse. What I was talking about was private involvement in, and I'll put the word in bold so you catch it this time, legitimate public projects. A few possibilities that come to mind are privately funded toll roads or transit systems, privately owned public utilities, and large stadium/coliseum projects.

But you also missed the bigger point - that unless you want the SCOTUS legislating from the bench on behalf of the states, the best place to resolve what is and isn't a legitimate taking by state and local governments is in the state legislatures.

Now, if you want to debate any of those points, I'll be happy to continue the discussion. If you want to ring alarm bells over the imminent loss of your free speech rights, I'll see you later.
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