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Originally Posted by stevo
At 125% market-price, who could complain?
With eminent domain cases you are garunteed a fair-market price. If you don't recieve one, or have economic damages as a result, you can take your case to court and generate work for an economist.
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Most people don't have the finances to take the government to court, and most victims of eminent domain DON'T get a fair price. Besides for that, it doesn't change the fact they're being FORCED to give up their property and, in many cases, their HOMES. There is more than the monetary value to a home.
People are complaining. The good news is that the chronic misuse (as if there is such a thing as proper use) of eminent domain has led to a slew of news specials on prominant, nation-wide programs such as 20/20. The bad news is that they don't seem to be having enough of an effect to couse the citizenry to speak out loudly against it. It is, I think, the most disturbing trend in American culture today - most people don't care unless it happens to them or someone they know.