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To: Dane
What dodging the question? I stated that eminent domain should be decided by local communites with the provision that the property owner get a fair price.

Fine. How about the other one:

If it were your local community, and you were asked, would you like eminent domain used for economic development, or to increase the tax base?

Oh that is right you are a Libertarian and beleive that the 10th amendment does not exist.

Oh, I like the 10th Amendment just fine, and the 9th Amendment as well. Very limited federal powers, everything not enumerated is forbidden. And I fully realize that states would have powers to do all sorts of very un-libertarian things. But we could concentrate in one small state and establish Libertarian government there.

And mark my words, if we did ever try that, the federal politicians you elect would ignore the 10th Amendment and override our state and local governments by force.

I can't ever imagine you supporting the 10th Amendment so that state and local governments could have less laws than the fed. But I can imagine you supporting it, only to the extent that local governments could be more restrictive. Am I mistaken?

33 posted on 05/24/2002 3:10:06 PM PDT by freeeee
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To: freeeee
Fine. How about the other one:

If it were your local community, and you were asked, would you like eminent domain used for economic development, or to increase the tax base?

Well gee, I would ask my neighbors and other members of the community and discuss the situation. I guess that is a foreign concept to Libertarians like yourself. Oh the horror of discussing of what may benefit the local community and talking to other people who may not agree with you.

But we could concentrate in one small state and establish Libertarian government there.

Then go right ahead, no one is stopping you, but just my opinion, the utopian community you envision where there are no stop signs, stop lights, but where there are crack and whore houses on every block, will not attract a good crowd.

35 posted on 05/24/2002 3:27:06 PM PDT by Dane
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