Whenever we have a government who can, under the guise of the public good (read: higher tax base), take property from a private citizen, not charged with any crime, and sell that property to some enterprising investor, then America, we have a problem. This is not what was meant by the 5th amendment (yes, the same one which protects you from self-incriminating yourself). If the government wanted to build a road and your house was in the way, then they can offer you fair market value for your property. This does not mean if Save-Co wants to buy up the block to expand its corporate profits, that they can lobby the local pirates (read: politicians) to get the eminent domain bulldozer to blow your house down. Sounds like the state knows best again. Please! When those knuckleheads learn how to balance their budget (which is our damn taxes!), then, and maybe then, can we trust them with decisions about our private property. Where is the ACLU when we need them? Oh, they are probably defending the rights of some terrorists who killed Americans somewhere.
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