Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Home Ownership in the Days of Big Business
So, now that we know that the government can use eminent domain on behalf of private business...what can we do?
There are several states (Washington, California, Montana, Illinois, Kentucky, Arkansas, Maine, South Carolina and Florida) that have protections for homeowners. The state that I live in (its Indiana or Insanity I've not decided yet) decides eminent domain situations on a case-by-case basis. I imagine now that this Supreme Court case has been decided that the state courts are going to be more reluctant to side with the homeowners. I can't believe this words are passing from my Libertarian fingers but THERE SHOULD BE A LAW!
I have already written to by state representative and plan on writing to my state senator. If you don't know who to bitch to http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/legislator/search/ is a great site to let you know who to vote against. Let your legislators know that you want to own your own home and not live in it only if Wal-Mart doesn't want to build there. Also, email or phone your federal legislators. We the People have to make a fuss about this.
For a far more eloquent discussion of this matter : http://boortz.com/nuze/200506/06242005.html.
Debby
There are several states (Washington, California, Montana, Illinois, Kentucky, Arkansas, Maine, South Carolina and Florida) that have protections for homeowners. The state that I live in (its Indiana or Insanity I've not decided yet) decides eminent domain situations on a case-by-case basis. I imagine now that this Supreme Court case has been decided that the state courts are going to be more reluctant to side with the homeowners. I can't believe this words are passing from my Libertarian fingers but THERE SHOULD BE A LAW!
I have already written to by state representative and plan on writing to my state senator. If you don't know who to bitch to http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/legislator/search/ is a great site to let you know who to vote against. Let your legislators know that you want to own your own home and not live in it only if Wal-Mart doesn't want to build there. Also, email or phone your federal legislators. We the People have to make a fuss about this.
For a far more eloquent discussion of this matter : http://boortz.com/nuze/200506/06242005.html.
Debby
