[GOP_Proud]

OK. I'll admit to being a bit slow here. How does that differ from what we already have. If my state wants to build a highway and needs your land, they buy it and build the road. That's already happening. How is this different?

[jess35]

How is this different? Well, the SCOTUS has now made it "legal" for government to seize your home and sell it to a private individual who promises to pay more TAXES on the land.

[LongsforReagan]

Because it doesnt have to be for the public good (ala a highway etc.), it could now just be a shopping center which will provide better tax revenue for the socialists in government.

[Finger Monkey]

A highway is a legitimate reason for the government to use eminent domain. Siezure of your property to sell to a developer is not a legitimate reason.

Siezure of property by the governent simply to increase tax revenue is not a legitimate reason.

[faloi]

Think of it this way... If they seize your land and give you some money for a road, everybody gets to use the road. Now it's ok for them to seize your land, hand it over to a developer to...oh...build a health club. A completely private health club.

So if a private individual or company can make a case for the city getting more benefit (through tax revenue) for the latest in health spa design, they can snag your land to do it.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"How is this different?"

Taking your land to build luxury condos on it is different from taking your land to build a highway on it. This decision makes it easier for land to be taken for commercial purposes.

Michael Frazier