Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Fast Ed97
>>Ted Cruz holding himself as a pure conservative because he opposes crap like eminent domain==nobody cares about that!

I care about eminent domain abuse, and so do a LOT of other people. Let's say for a moment that Donald Trump was not connected in any way with any cases of eminent domain - justified or not. Private property is a keystone to our free society, and protection against abuse of the Takings Clause (aka, eminent domain) is absolutely key to protecting private property rights.

As you know, the abolition of private property rights was a horrific cornerstone of the Communist Manifesto. Just look up the Agrarian Reform disaster when Castro took power. First the small farms were confiscated by the Communists because, as they said, "You won't be able to survive with the big farms." The large farms were just confiscated by Castro's regime because destroying property rights, even as weak as they were, was essential to enslaving the country.

We are among the decided minority of countries in the world that respects private property rights as a foundational principle. It is most certainly worth caring about.

95 posted on 04/26/2016 6:52:25 PM PDT by bootless ("If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth."~RWR)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 77 | View Replies ]


To: bootless
We are among the decided minority of countries in the world that respects private property rights as a foundational principle.

As long as there are taxes on your homestead you own nothing, you are merely a renter who pays whatever the government says you must. The time will come when you can't pay the tax then you will learn that your true property rights are merely an illusion.

287 posted on 04/27/2016 7:45:56 AM PDT by itsahoot (Trump is a fumble mouthed blowhard that can't finish a sentence, but he will finish a term.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

To: bootless; All
Your post 95 is a Must-Read for all the Trump people who can't understand why everyone is not backing Trump.

As for Mark Levin he makes a sound case for why he supports Cruz- which I agree with-It comes down to supporting the only Conservative in the race, and also that Trump will likely lose to Hillary.

If anyone thinks Trump will win easily against Hillary-Consider the fate of Mitt Romney in the last election.

Mitt had some negatives- People didn't like him, didn't like his religion exc...but he was nowhere near as antagonistic as Trump has been.

(It shocked me that people stayed home and gave Obama another 4 years after having gone through 4 years of misery and decline-But they did.)

If Trump is the nominee I see this happening all over again.

He ( Trump) has shown zero ability to unite anyone. If anything, his strongest skills seem to be causing division, anger, and strife.

These are not good qualities in a POTUS.

With that said however, as I did with Romney- I will vote for Trump in spite of my reservations, if he's the nominee. I know what Hillary will do to the country if she is president - continue to destroy it.

I'm still praying that Cruz will be our next president. We need a Constitutional Conservative to repair the damage that's been done.

296 posted on 04/27/2016 8:50:07 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank 6the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 95 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson