MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoI feel the actual inflationlemmy.worldimagemessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down1176
arrow-up1942arrow-down1imageI feel the actual inflationlemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square140fedilink
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 years agoYeah it’s not cool to seize commercially zoned land when a corporation is idling on it because it doesn’t like a policy, that’s a communism guys! However, seizing residential land so that we can build another casino on it… that’s just the wonderous free market at work! Edit: eminent domain isn’t communism, pick up a grade school civics book
minus-squareCleverdawny@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·2 years agoEminent domain involves compensation at fair market value, not theft. And typically, we use property taxes to motivate property owners to find economically productive uses for their land/buildings.
Yeah it’s not cool to seize commercially zoned land when a corporation is idling on it because it doesn’t like a policy, that’s a communism guys!
However, seizing residential land so that we can build another casino on it… that’s just the wonderous free market at work!
Edit: eminent domain isn’t communism, pick up a grade school civics book
Eminent domain involves compensation at fair market value, not theft. And typically, we use property taxes to motivate property owners to find economically productive uses for their land/buildings.