Ford and State of TN conspire to Grab Land From Unwilling Sellers to Enrich Ford
Posted by freedomforall 3 years, 5 months ago to Politics
Excerpt:
"Ford wants to build a new $5.6 billion EV battery plant – Blue Oval City – in Tennessee. It has every right to lose as much of its own money as it wishes on this EV business – which is about $3 billion and counting, so far.
But does it have the right to use the power of the state to take land for its plant from people who don’t want to sell it?
The state of TN – on behalf of Ford – recently passed a law to give itself the power to do just that. It creates something called the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee, which has “authority” – that is, power – to seize privately owned land to “facilitate construction” of the Blue Oval City and “supporting infrastructure.”
This is styled eminent domain – one of those words used by government thugs who lack the honesty of street thugs. It is like the “taxes” you are “asked” to pay by the government. As opposed to being told (by the street thug) “your money – or your life.”
But until rather recently – until the government’s courts redefined the term – it was only legal for the government to “eminent domain” private property for some public purpose, such as a public road, for instance. The court however was persuaded to – Darth Vader voice – alter the bargain, endowing the government with the power to seize land on behalf of private companies – viz, big box retail stores – if it could be shown that by doing so, the municipality would be able to enrich itself more handsomely, via the taxes the new occupant of the land would pay."
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Ford should have to negotiate with private owners to buy any land they want.
No government should be able to interfere at any time for any reason.
"Ford wants to build a new $5.6 billion EV battery plant – Blue Oval City – in Tennessee. It has every right to lose as much of its own money as it wishes on this EV business – which is about $3 billion and counting, so far.
But does it have the right to use the power of the state to take land for its plant from people who don’t want to sell it?
The state of TN – on behalf of Ford – recently passed a law to give itself the power to do just that. It creates something called the Megasite Authority of West Tennessee, which has “authority” – that is, power – to seize privately owned land to “facilitate construction” of the Blue Oval City and “supporting infrastructure.”
This is styled eminent domain – one of those words used by government thugs who lack the honesty of street thugs. It is like the “taxes” you are “asked” to pay by the government. As opposed to being told (by the street thug) “your money – or your life.”
But until rather recently – until the government’s courts redefined the term – it was only legal for the government to “eminent domain” private property for some public purpose, such as a public road, for instance. The court however was persuaded to – Darth Vader voice – alter the bargain, endowing the government with the power to seize land on behalf of private companies – viz, big box retail stores – if it could be shown that by doing so, the municipality would be able to enrich itself more handsomely, via the taxes the new occupant of the land would pay."
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Ford should have to negotiate with private owners to buy any land they want.
No government should be able to interfere at any time for any reason.
land was taken (and never used) to enrich a contractor claiming a tax benefit for the city and state