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The Neolibertarian NetworkThe Left Enters the Debate on Kelo
Hoyapaul over at The Daily Kos with this:
As first glace, you may think that giving private homeowner property to a private corporations is a bad thing. And it very well might be in many cases. However, if the Court had ruled differently and NOT allowed local governments to do this, it would have been a disaster for local governments to build for the community (including when the purpose is to help the environment, build affordable housing, create jobs, etc.). It would have sacrificed needed community power at the hands of the sort of property-rights extremism frequently displayed by right-wing libertarian types.
Which, of course, is nonsense to me. This case is about taking property from one private entity and transferring it to another private entity. I’m no fan of eminent domain as I also understand the need for its use for infrastructure such as roads, schools, hospitals etc. So I’m not playing a pure libertarian card here.
You should read the comments on that post though. Seems the majority of readers actually lean my way.
Wal-Mart anyone?
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Sirota’s got a different take. As does the lone commenter over there.
This issue really breaks down on a libertarian/communitarian divide rather than a liberal/conservative one. The policy itself strikes me as being quite possibly the closest thing I’ve seen in America to fascism in some time.
My thoughts are about to go up on my page.
I don’t know who hoyapaul is, but his logic is buttheadly wrong unless we want to be like India where they displaced hundreds of thousands of people for corporate gain.