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Re: Property Rights

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From: Michael N. LeVine
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:07
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In article <btr1702-7CA454.20093624062005@news.giganews.com>,
 BTR1701 <btr1702@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> In article <d9i4kn$hgm$6@blue.rahul.net>,
>  Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net> wrote:
> 
> > In ca.general Tim May <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > Local government are celebrating...freaking out. Every hotel complex
> > > they were contemplating, with lucrative kickbacks through obscure
> > > channels to themselves, is now back "in play." 
> > 
> > > Every shopping center, every coastal convention center, every "seniors
> > > housing," every "low income Section 14 Setaside complex" that was ever
> > > hindered by inability to acquire land is now "back in play." With
> > > lucrative kickbacks to those who steal the land.
> > 
> >      Frankly I don't think that a different decision would really
> > have changed anything. Governments would have seized the land for 
> > "a park," then a few months later turned around and sold it to the
> > private developers.
> 
> Yeah, you're probably right.
> 
> Frankly, I don't know why I should be allowed to have a savings account, 
> either. I'm sure Wal-Mart or some real estate developer could put the 
> money to better use. This would surely be "for the public good."

It does not even have to be for the public good. All they have to do 
is say "Drug Money" to take it. Then its up to you to PROVE it isn't.
-- 
Michael LeVine -  mlevine@redshift.com
"Thirty days hath September, April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty one except for Gypsy Rose Lee 
and every one knew what she had" - Mel Blanc
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From: "Michael N. LeVine" <mlevinespmfltr@redshift.com>
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Subject: Re: Property Rights
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