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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
C'mon, there's a clear public benefit to urban development. [ASIDE]I can't believe I'm having this conversation with a conservative.[/ASIDE]
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But does that benefit outweight the taking? New condos substituted for old homes does not IMHO.
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On the railroad cases, I think the railroads got the land, but what difference does it make? If you lay down RR track, you can't build a firehouse on top of it.
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Don't get me wrong, I think a RR, much like a freeway, is in the public interest, but it strikes me as different if the land that is the subject of the taking is not owned by the government - it then starts to look like redistribution or a micromanaged econmony.
