Posted on 10/06/2015 5:48:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
So far no one has died as a result of eminent domain.
Can’t say the same about illegals.
Desperate Fox Punditry, and Establishment GOPe Advocates, Jump Shark on Trump “Eminent Domain” Comments…
The media continues the labor of parsing every syllable that Trump utters searching for a weakness that will resonate. Trump is not the perfect candidate. There is no perfect candidate. Waiting for one will be ultimately self-defeating. But compare Trump to what we have now in the presidency and he would seem to be a gift from the heavens.
For the record, I am hoping Ted Cruz gets the nomination but would certainly vote for Trump if it came down to that.
The developer is paying market value for the property.
Eminent domain is often used to acquire property for public improvements.
In the long run, every one benefits.
RE: Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
-Calvin Coolidge
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Ahhh but that doesn’t matter as long as we keep illegals away.
As Ann Coulter said — she doesn’t care if Trump performs abortion in the White House after his immigration policy.
It was not too many years ago on FR, that if you defended eminent domain, you were SATAN. I will be interested in seeing the reaction to this from Trump’s supporters.
The value is what the owner decides it should be. If a family has a little cabin by a lake that they love, how do they benefit to lose it at a price they didn’t want?
If that is all there is to it, Calvin put us on the road that led to “gay marriage.” They own what they own and that includes their bodies and wheeee!
We can’t dumb down the meaning of humanity that way without suffering. We can lament an injustice without conflating it with the worst thing that could ever happen to humanity.
I have a problem with eminent domain. I saw a wonderful little family business get scooped up that way. However that’s not my 2016 major issue. immigration is. I sincerely hope that Mr Trump will not allow himself to get sidelined this way in future interviews.
Its right there in the Constitution.
Private property can’t be taken for a private end. It must be for a public good.
FUDT
Is this really FreeRepublic anymore? When I joined this was a conservative site. What has happened?
He’s wrong there. If he doesn’t modify his stance it’s going to cost him votes.
THAT SAID —
In the big picture remember that Trump will make room for conservatives who will finally have found a voice under his umbrella for what is, maybe, 70-80% conservative. The real answer would be a constitutional amendment which, as putative president, Trump would have zero input into.
Oh wow this has to be Powerless Purist Republic
I disagree with him on this one.
You are not taking property? Yes you are.
Bullseye!
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