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To: Road Walker who wrote (389626)	6/7/2008 7:12:51 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576250

Have you seen the list of reasons the federal govt takes a large part of my paycheck every week?

To: Road Walker who wrote (389626)	6/7/2008 9:54:43 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576250

So you would be OK with the Feds taking your personal property (real estate or other) for any reason they can imagine? The government's right of eminent domain isn't something a single person can reliably make a judgment about, because many people whose property has been condemned would not be happy about it. However, it is essential for the public good, and Yucca Mountain is an excellent example of it. Eminent domain is an absolute power held by governments that is essential for progress. Without it, you could not build highways, you could not have parks, public transportation, airports, or any other substantial government facility that some individual wanted to block. So, it really isn't something one person's view can reasonably be given consideration about. It is about the public good, and is recognized as a fundamental right of government. Would I be okay with the Feds taking my real estae for any reason they can imagine? No, but I would be compensated for it. And as one who has been trained in the concepts of real estate law, I recognize the essential nature of these transactions. Can there be abuses? Sure. And that is what the courts are for. I've had clients who were made wealthy by condemnations, and I've had some who, regardless of the money, didn't want to give up their property. But it just has to be done sometimes. Yucca Mountain was selected pursuant to an exhaustive, scientific process as the best way of dealing with spent nuclear fuel. Given this history, it would be very difficult to argue against its use for this purpose. My biggest problem with it is that it has taken 25 years to get through the process. Ridiculous, but this is what happens when government does ANYTHING.

To: Road Walker who wrote (389626)	6/8/2008 12:07:13 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576250

Yucca Mountain was never anyone's personal private property. Its in an old nuclear test site.

To: Road Walker who wrote (389626)	6/8/2008 8:55:04 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576250

Powerful statement about America in an article from the London Times: "A black woman in Illinois sent me this e-mail on the night of Obama’s final victory: “Tomorrow I will go to the African-American cemetery outside of Chicago where my great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbours and my mother and father are buried. And I will tell them that they were right - that if we studied hard, worked hard, kept the faith, fought for justice, prayed, that this day would come.”" timesonline.co.uk