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Originally posted by MuadDib
The public good not only outweighs private interests, but the idea of "private" citizes, as though they are opposed to "public" citizens is repugnant. Nothing rubs me worse than people that think they have no obligation to to society or their fellow man. Guess what? A court house infinately more important than the Kid's Gap that would occupy the space of the strip mall. I'm sure the owner gets paid, though not as much as if some trend store occupied the lot. I'll shed a tear for him when he starts to have trouble feeding his family because the government called on him to do his part.
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How do you know that he's not struggling? It's not about him doing his part, it's about him doing more than his part by foregoing income that none of his peers have to forego or contribute to.
Why should the property owner be obligated to give more than the rest of the citizens for the public good?