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If the government starts taking homes from one person and giving them to another, there will be war. This is not Germany 1933, i’m not saying that’s what you’re talking about, but it sounds like it. Taking from one and giving to the other is not a solution.

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Maybe, maybe, although if a neighbor was going around gathering a posse because the government took his extra homes?...well I don't think I'd pick up arms for that cause.

That already happens and it's about to happen to millions of people in the US: it's called eviction.

No, I think you’re confusing literal taking by the government, with a private action of eviction backed by government enforcement. The government generally isn’t the one to initiate an eviction action, it’s the owner, bank, etc.

I guess you don’t realize that eminent domain already happens today and very frequently.

I’ve read Little Pink House, and know very well the bastardization of eminent domain for private gain, corruption, and outright theft by government. I abhor it but eminent domain, and eviction, are not the same thing. They may lead to the same outcome, but they are two entirely different processes of government. Perhaps you might find the same read educational.

(1): https://www.amazon.com/Little-Pink-House-Defiance-Courage/dp...

Intended (in the US at least) to be exercised only in the public interest, like to build a dam for flood control or a railroad right-of-way to facilitate commerce.

I fully recognize that "public interest" can be twisted in all sorts of ways, but I agree with the GP comment that taking land from some people to give it directly to other people does not conform to my understanding of the spirit of the eminent domain law.

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