[Winona Online Democracy]
Phil Carlson said:
Some comments have been posted on the thread of property
taxes and the ability of government to condemn property
(under eminent domain proceedings) for public purposes.
While this can be disrupting and devastating to the
individuals involved, it is not part of a totalitarian
dictatorship or monarchy with absolute power corrupting
all.
Characterizing the issue with an extreme is just making
another red herring. It is enough that the form of
eminent domain that profits a specific private enterprise
by ejecting a property owner is just plain wrong. And
let us not soften it with language like "individuals
involved" but address the injured as victims, the
corporation as a thief, and city managers (and perhaps
consultants) as complicit.
A public officer (or private consultant) who claims he
suffers from making such a decision that profits the
private company is deluded. He can go home and call
it home; the victim cannot.
There is something fundamentally wrong, Mr. Carlson, when
an individual hasn't the same right to ownership of his own
home that a corporation has. It IS that simple.
Your last comment regarding the fact that individuals don't
put out their own fires, etc, means exactly what? Are you
implying that by hiring consultants, for example, the
people are intentionally giving up their right to ownership?
Certainly, we can vote out scoundrels, but what can we
do about outsiders such as the corporations and their
shills?
john j stafford
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