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Donald Trump and Eminent Domain
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2015 Aug 25, 1:07pm 8,176 views 12 comments
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Dan8267
2015 Aug 25, 1:53pm
I remember talking about this during lunch with coworkers back when it happened. Basically, it was the plot of UP.
He tried to negotiate, at one point offering Coking $1 million for the land. But she wasn’t budging. So New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority filed a lawsuit, instructing Coking to leave within 90 days and offering compensation of only $251,000.
It's pretty scumming.
Not to worry, the Democratic & Republican voters will stop eminent domain from being used to benefit private entities.
Stupid Fuckers!
FNWGMOBDVZXDNW
2015 Aug 25, 3:57pm
Why isnt he running as a democrat?
Democrats wouldn't vote for a guy who opens his campaign on the premise that illegal mexicans are rapists. Democrats are no longer the party of protectionist trade policy. Now, it's only socialists (Bernie Sanders) and Fascists (Trump) who want to stop free trade and build an actual wall (Trump). Bernie is doing what he feels is best for the working class. Trump is just raging against the machine to drum up support. I really think that Trump was just trying to create an ultimate reality show out of the election, and had no real plan to seriously run. Now that he has polled so well, he seems to be coming up with some policy and taking it seriously. Even old Jeb nuts is starting to take Trump seriously, as Trump has proven to have sticking power.
Now, it's only socialists (Bernie Sanders) and Fascists (Trump) who want to stop free trade and build an actual wall (Trump).
What if this shit turns into chile with allende vs pinochet?
Tenpoundbass
2015 Aug 25, 5:16pm
Perhaps the only upside to this story is that in neither case did Trump succeed.
NOW! Let's talk about all of the Liberal's that have SUCCESSFULLY won those suits.
Dan8267
2015 Aug 25, 9:43pm
Why isnt he running as a democrat?
Because he polls at 0% with Democrats and 15% to 27% with Republicans far outpacing all other candidates. 'Nuff said. Republicans are morons.
Dan8267
2015 Aug 26, 11:28am
Are you like really naturally stupid or do you have to work at it??
You really need to ask yourself that question. Everybody else here understood that the poll I posted was to support the statement regarding how he polls with Republican voters.
FNWGMOBDVZXDNW
2015 Aug 26, 11:32am
You really think so?
I'm guessing that he is taking it more seriously. He is trying to come up with some proposals now (e.g. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform). But, this and any other proposals he comes up with will be ill thought out messes full of contradiction. He is not a thoughtful guy, and hasn't spent any real time thinking things through. The more specific he gets, the more he will betray the mess inside his head. So, you are right. He will answer as generally as possible, and hope that people's opinion of him as a great captain of industry will suspend their disbelief. I don't know what Colbert's new show will be like, but it would be fun to see some conversations with him and Trump.
Not sure how much gas The Donald has in the tank, but he just shifted the populist wagon into overdrive and is going after the hedgies and carried interest. He ought to be able to get some mileage out of that... Yikes. “The hedge fund guys didn't build this country. These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky." He went on: “They’re energetic, they’re very smart. But a lot of them, it’s like they’re paper pushers. They make a fortune, they pay no tax...The hedge funds guys are getting away with murder.†Perhaps AF can sign on a consultant to help out with the banksters...
Not sure how much gas The Donald has in the tank, but he just shifted the populist wagon into overdrive and is going after the hedgies and carried interest.
He has been throwing everything but the kitchen sink and hoping some will stick to voters.
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A decade and a half ago, it was fresh on everyone’s mind that Donald Trump is one of the leading users of this form of state-sanctioned thievery. It was all over the news. In perhaps the most-remembered example, John Stossel got the toupéed one to sputter about how, if he wasn’t allowed to steal an elderly widow’s house to expand an Atlantic City casino, the government would get less tax money, and seniors like her would get less “this and that.†Today, however, it takes a push from the Club for Growth to remind us of Trump’s lack of respect for property rights.
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That brings us to the story of the aforementioned elderly widow in Atlantic City, which starts at about the same time. The woman, Vera Coking, had owned property near the Trump Plaza Hotel for three decades, and didn’t want to move. Trump thought the land was better suited for use as a park, a parking lot, and a waiting area for limousines.
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He tried to negotiate, at one point offering Coking $1 million for the land. But she wasn’t budging. So New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority filed a lawsuit, instructing Coking to leave within 90 days and offering compensation of only $251,000.
Perhaps the only upside to this story is that in neither case did Trump succeed. The Bridgeport plan fizzled. Coking fought in court, and — in part because these were the days before Kelo was decided, no doubt — she was lucky enough to win. In 1998, a judge threw out the case.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/265171/donald-trump-and-eminent-domain-robert-verbruggen
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