I am Angry - What is going on here?

[shruggedatlas]

todd.hathaway, the government is not us, it has not been us for over 100 years now. Our government as well as all others are ran by big money and big money is who controls us. We own nothing thanks to big money. 

Really, you think the government controls you?  And you own nothing?  You must not be living in the U.S.  I mean, here you are, posting anti-government sentiment without the slightest fear of reprisal.  And I bet you are doing it from a house you own, surrounded by a bunch of stuff you own.  Now, if this was the Soviet Union in the 50s. . .

[todd.hathaway]

THINKING CREATES DESTINY.

See www.word-foundation.org

[nightlife]

shruggedatlas, we dont own anything and we are subjected to losing everything at any given time. After we buy our home, we have to keep paying taxes to keep it and if we dont pay them, they take it away.

Our government is not for "we the people".

[Doug1]

  The devil you know? Does that mean you have to sleep with it? Do you want to spoon with the people who came up with this? I only see actions words are meaningless compared to the actions of an entity or person.

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Eminent domain (United States), compulsory purchase (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Australia) or expropriation (South Africa and Canada) in common law legal systems is the inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent. The property is taken either for government use or by delegation to third parties who will devote it to public or civic use or, in some cases, economic development. The most common uses of property taken by eminent domain are for public utilities, highways, and railroads.[citation needed] Some states require that the government body offer to purchase the property before resorting to the use of eminent domain.

The legal doctrine of eminent domain, like the doctrine of seizure of contraband, allows expropriation of property within the existing system of law. Otherwise, expropriation may imply either a criminal or a revolutionary act.

The term "condemnation" is used to describe the formal act of the exercise of the power of eminent domain to transfer title to the property from its private owner to the government. This use of the word should not be confused with its sense of a declaration that real property, generally a building, has become so dilapidated as to be legally unfit for human habitation due to its physical defects. This type of condemnation of buildings (on grounds of health and safety hazards or gross zoning violation) usually does not deprive the owners of the title to the property condemned but requires them to rectify the offending situation or have the government do it for the owner at the latter's expense.

Condemnation via eminent domain indicates the government is taking ownership of the property or a lesser interest in it, such as an easement. In most cases the only thing that remains to be decided when a condemnation action is filed is the amount of just compensation, although in some cases the right to take may be challenged by the property owner on the grounds that the attempted taking is not for a public use, or has not been authorized by the legislature, or because the condemnor has not followed the proper procedure required by law.

The exercise of eminent domain is not limited to real property. Governments may also condemn personal property, such as supplies for the military in wartime, franchises; this includes intangible property such as contract rights, patents, trade secrets, and copyrights.

[4Tesla]

shruggedatlas, we dont own anything and we are subjected to losing everything at any given time. After we buy our home, we have to keep paying taxes to keep it and if we dont pay them, they take it away.

Our government is not for "we the people".

You're anti-government??  No government and you would have chaos!  If you don't pay your taxes who is going to pay the teachers to teach our kids, pay the police to protect us from crime?