And now you support someone who is to the left of Bernie Sanders on this issue.
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The “Conservatives” cannot have it both ways.
These eminent domain discussions are discussed in a vacuum of idealism. Without eminent domain, it is often difficult to create and assemblage in an urban setting to build anything, therefore, its very difficult to attract investment into depressed areas, such as Enterprise Zones.
I used to do pro-bono legal work that put inner city folks to work while we did for profit real estate development.
If you want to get people off welfare and into jobs, don’t make it near impossible to attract investment to create jobs where they are needed.
By the way, lefties hate eminent domain. Maybe YOU are the leftist?
Eminent domain has never been the issue despite Donald Trump's attempt to repaint it as such. Eminent domain is a legitimate function of government as outlined in Amendment V. But this isn't about eminent domain itself. It is about the abuse of eminent domain as demonstrated in Kelo v. New London. And in that case, government confiscated property - not for public use, but for private use. This is exactly what Trump tried to do with Vera Coking.
The Conservative position is that Kelo was one of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever handed down. Yet Donald Trump is 100% in agreement with that decision. Trump does not hold the Conservative position. Trump is not a Conservative.