Re: US Supreme Court approves eminent domain

tonyp wrote:

"Les Cargill" <lNOcargill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote


There's nothing contradictory about it. Theft is just theft,
and if it wears the beard of legality, it's legalized.




As a blanket statement, that's just wrong.  The only difference between a
"theft" and a "purchase" is the _price_.



But in eminent domain cases, there's no right to negotiate price.
The seller is over a barrel - there's a condemnation in the
works.

 If I offer you a thousand bucks
for your car, you refuse the offer, and I impose the deal on you anyway, you
can claim to be a victim of "theft".  Now, substitute "million" for
"thousand".  Still feel robbed?


If you offer me a million, I'd take it. But eminent domain deprives
me of the ability to use withdrawal from the transaction as a tactic to obtain price.


-- TP


--
Les Cargill
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