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Originally Posted by mardigras
Bottom line: "Greater economic good" is a Walmart over most neighborhoods.
The ruling basically overturned the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the taking of property by government except for "public use." That means now instead of only being allowed to take property for public projects big businesses will be able to come in and claim an area is economically depressed (could be said for most of the country) and the government can take low and sell high  |
Yep! Not only that but that's what used to happen to blacks, women, and other minorities when they had land some greedy bastard wanted. Especially happened to Native Americans all the time.
The government acquiring land for the public is one thing, but for private industries??? FUCK NO.
Yet after watching today's "Jerry Springer Show" I now remember why our country is so fucked up.