SlipperySlope
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:37 AM
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Bright side of the Supreme Court ruling |
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Edited on Thu Jun-23-05 10:42 AM by SlipperySlope
We have to be positive, we have to look on the bright side, and I think that this ruling might be in our favor.
We are progressives. We want to fight injustice and make the world a more equal place. We support having the rich pay their own way, and we support moving wealth from those who have too much to those who have not enough.
Isn't there some way we can use this ruling as a new tool to help us achieve this? Can't we now, at the city council level, use eminant domain to put land that isn't contributing to the social good to better use? Shouldn't this make it easier to build affordable housing and community centers?
Someone who understands this better should help me here. There have to be a handful of ways that we can use this.
Editing this to add: Screw it. I don't know what I'm talking about. This ruling just sucks, no matter how much I try to look at it with my "happy face" glasses.
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truebrit71
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:40 AM
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1. I applaud your optimism, but... |
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...this has bugger all to do with civic betterment and EVERYTHING to do with Corporatism..
It is an outrageous decision, and should shake everyone awake as to what is really going on, and who is really in charge....
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:41 AM
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2. That would be a slippery slope. |
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:43 AM
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:45 AM
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4. I seriously doubt that a rich person would get their property confiscated. |
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:54 AM
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Screw it. I don't know what I'm talking about. This ruling just sucks, no matter how much I try to look at it with my "happy face" glasses.
Glad to see that you've come to your senses. This is pure power politics -- if you believe that rich and influential people will suffer as a result, you'd better head back to your home planet before the primitive Earthlings hurt you.
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:56 AM
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6. No because you and I are not fat cats!! |
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This is a tool used by wealthy develpers who want to make the mula...So no matter how we slice it we lose :(
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Lars39
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:58 AM
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7. The *only* bright side of this I can see, |
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is that more people will sit up and take notice that the corporations are ruling us.
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