[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Monster

WOW. Shows how uneducated I am, I didn't realise that this kind of thing even happened.

Let's say I paid $100,000 for my house, and have lovingly spent time making improvements, setting it up how I want it, decorating it, and am very settled.

Now let's say that the local government decides the best place for (for example) a new casino would be on the site that my property sits. Are you suggesting that the local government could enforce a law that says I HAVE to sell my house to them for it's appraised value - which will almost certainly be not much more than I paid for it?

I thought that the way these things worked was that they would come to me and offer me a price, and I could say no. If they really wanted my house they would keep raising the offer until such time as I accepted (after all, every man has his price).

If what you are suggesting is true then I find it personally offensive that in the "land of the free and the home of the brave" we can pushed out of our homes at the whim of those with ulterior motives.

Are these the freedoms that our boys overseas are getting killed for?

Just think if the house had been in family for a long time and had sentimental value.....all that would just be pfffffffft if the gov't wants to take it to build something they want.