http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/08/book_about_eminent_domain/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:22:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/08/book_about_eminent_domain/comment-page-1/#comment-8700 markm Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:39:10 +0000 /?p=3690#comment-8700 "when the power of eminent domain is invoked, it should be for clearly recognizable public benefit." No, NOT public benefit, public USE. Under the "public benefit" rule, Detroit was once allowed to condemn broad swaths of residential neighborhoods and turn them over to private companies for automobile plants - the alleged "benefit" being higher tax collections. (The Michigan Supreme Court recently reversed this - after about 50 years...) “when the power of eminent domain is invoked, it should be for clearly recognizable public benefit.” No, NOT public benefit, public USE. Under the “public benefit” rule, Detroit was once allowed to condemn broad swaths of residential neighborhoods and turn them over to private companies for automobile plants – the alleged “benefit” being higher tax collections. (The Michigan Supreme Court recently reversed this – after about 50 years…)

]]> http://www.saysuncle.com/2004/09/08/book_about_eminent_domain/comment-page-1/#comment-8686 Heartless Libertarian Wed, 08 Sep 2004 18:11:10 +0000 /?p=3690#comment-8686 Bastard...now there's another book I'll buy and won't have time to read. Bastard…now there’s another book I’ll buy and won’t have time to read.

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