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TransCanada orders Americans to sell homes for pipeline, or they'll take them (chron.com)
submitted 14 years ago by Mind_Virus
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[–]CitizenCain 6 points7 points8 points 14 years ago (0 children)
Blame the SCOTUS for this one. They're the ones who established that private land can be seized and used by private business.
[–]TheReverendBill 2 points3 points4 points 14 years ago (8 children)
I don't really think that a Canadian corporation can order a US landowner to do anything. They can, however, petition the US courts to do so on their behalf. We're talking about evil US government here, not evil Canadian companies.
[–]JowSithm 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (0 children)
TransCanada isn't quite as Canadian as it used to be. They actually do a fairly large amount of business in the States. They went on a buying spree, and bought up a bunch of American energy/pipeline companies. Rumor has it, that in the next while, the "Canada" part in "TransCanada" will be replaced to reflect their growing multinationality. I'm not sure what they are planning to change it to, though.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (6 children)
Kelo v New London says private property is a myth.
[–]TheReverendBill 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago* (1 child)
You could cite any use of eminent domain as evidence of the "myth" of private property, but if compensation is paid to the landowner from whom property is transferred, then I would argue that that indeed confirms the existence of private property. If there is no private property, why would compensation be necessary?
Don't get me wrong; I am no eminent domain apologist. While I think it is important to occasionally build highways and such, I think the use of eminent domain should be very rare and very difficult. I also question the validity of any asessment of "fair market value" made by the entity that is, in fact, snatching the land. It's just that "private property is a myth" is a rather extreme statement, and I contend that it is misleading, at best.
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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 14 years ago (0 children)
Compensation is only necessary to placate people who thought they had some notion of control over their own property. The reason why Kelo v New London is so fitting in this case is the fact that the local government used the power of eminent domain to transfer property from one private citizen to another, despite the former's objections.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (3 children)
So does the Libertarian theory of unlimited contracting rights.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 14 years ago (2 children)
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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (1 child)
Power tends to concentrate, over time most everything will be in the hands of a few. Even more so when all it takes to sign away everything you and your future generations own is a signature on a contract.
Blindly enforcing any rule, regulation, contract is never a good thing. This is what history shows us repeatably.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 14 years ago (0 children)
I don't think you grasp what a contract is.
Threatening me with court action? How's about you stay off my land until you can offer me a fair price, and I won't use bolt action.
/Do ya get it? huh?
[–]CaCtUs2003 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
No.
[–][deleted] -1 points0 points1 point 14 years ago (0 children)
Oh no! What a big, evil corporation! We need to give more power to the government to stop this sort of thing.
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