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The Fifth Amendment might as well say this today.  Have you seen the level of "just compensation" people are given for their property?  Every few months, there will be a story about how a state government has screwed an elderly woman or a black family, who happen to live in an area where property values have jumped, simply because the state wants a developer to build condos and bring in more tax revenue.  It happens all the time, and it's nothing short of organized crime.  The Florida government is doing it to blacks in Riviera Beach right now.

The amendment should state that private property cannot be taken without the owner's agreement.  Period.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 10:40:04 AM EST
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As I wrote my comment I thought about a diary tying up  the Kelo decision, just compensation, cost-benefit analysis, hypothetical redistribution, K-H and Pareto.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 10:57:50 AM EST
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You should write it.  It would make for a great diary and discussion.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:04:28 AM EST
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Do you think they'd give me a BA in Econ for it? </snark>

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:07:34 AM EST
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Assuming you've satisfied the foreign-language requirement.  (Yes, that's why I have a BSc.)

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:12:53 AM EST
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That's a non-starter, sorry, I can't do foreign languages.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:28:22 AM EST
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Not to worry.  The BSc is still within reach.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Jun 15th, 2006 at 11:54:11 AM EST
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