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Tennessee Farmers Forced to Fight for
Their Land Against Eminent Domain

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 4/5/2023 11:32:50 PM

Here is yet another story about a government using eminent domain to steal property from its citizens. In this case, the state of Tennessee is seeking to seize land from farmers in order to benefit a private business. About a year ago, Ford Motor Company began building an electric truck plant in BlueOval City, a rural area of west Tennessee. It was met with optimism from the community at the prospect of having new jobs for residents. The government was enthused about the idea of having another source of tax revenue and made generous offers to the company to establish its plant in the state.

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Eminent Domain is evil and outright thievery, no matter how you look at it!!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ronniethek 4/6/2023 12:33:20 AM (No. 1441971)
Unfortunately in KELO the Supreme Court in one of its worst decisions of the past 50years paved the way for this crap to happen.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: snakeoil 4/6/2023 12:36:57 AM (No. 1441972)
It's a double shaft. Ford's electric trucks will go belly up in a few years as no one will buy one. Then the farmers would have to pay much more to get their land back. What kind of town would be named BlueOval (no space)?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Rinktum 4/6/2023 3:30:55 AM (No. 1442000)
FRA: “ Eminent domain is one of the most egregious forms of tyranny our government metes out against the citizenry. Hopefully one day, we the people can put a stop to it.” The last sentence of that quote made me laugh out loud. Show me one instance that we the people have any power to effect policy change in this country. The total lack of power by the people is a clear indication that we have experienced a coup d’etat and we are now just going through the motions. When elections and the rule of law mean nothing, there has been a sea change in how the government works and it has stopped working for we the people.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Trigger2 4/6/2023 3:46:49 AM (No. 1442007)
There goes the elitists attempting to get what they want by imminent domain. Nuts on them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: chumley 4/6/2023 6:00:21 AM (No. 1442051)
My dad fought the government over just such a land grab. He knew he was going to lose, so his lawyer made it hurt as much as possible. They didnt get to own the land, they got an easement. And they had to pay three times the original offer after a year of court delays. It beat just having it stolen by those crooks.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: 5 handicap 4/6/2023 6:35:47 AM (No. 1442063)
Whenever a politico utters the term Eminent Domain, he should be shot on the spot...immediately and his house burned to the ground!
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JackBurton 4/6/2023 8:10:23 AM (No. 1442138)
I have an idea. Why doesn't Ford buy the land? The land would benefit them. They'd be subject to market forces and not using guns...and the law... to enforce the purchases.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 4/6/2023 8:34:38 AM (No. 1442161)
This one will not matter since the EV industry is falling on its face before getting off the ground but the principle is still wrong. There is way too much open land in this country for projects like this without stealing land from private citizens. The solution is to elect good government, which we have been unable to do for a couple of decades now.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Kate318 4/6/2023 9:00:35 AM (No. 1442202)
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary… You know the rest.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Heil Liberals 4/6/2023 9:44:22 AM (No. 1442246)
#7 - Why pay for the property when buying the politicians is cheaper? This is a pox on all of Tennessee. It happened in a town near me against lower-income people who could not afford to fight back.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: danu 4/6/2023 1:43:07 PM (No. 1442442)
ED and EV are twin evils and outright thievery.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: danu 4/6/2023 1:46:29 PM (No. 1442443)
#6--consult the French, if you would, for their expertise in burning down the houses of the woke.
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