Comments on: Other People’s Money (and Property) http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/05/other-peoples-money-and-property.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Thu, 24 May 2012 00:36:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Josh Smith http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/05/other-peoples-money-and-property.html/comment-page-1#comment-2691 Josh Smith Fri, 29 May 2009 20:32:15 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=4899#comment-2691 We are (un)fortunate in St Louis in that we have the shining bad example of Ballpark village to illustrate that governments are probably not very good at picking economic winners. This is a great post. We are (un)fortunate in St Louis in that we have the shining bad example of Ballpark village to illustrate that governments are probably not very good at picking economic winners. This is a great post.

]]> By: MikeB http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/05/other-peoples-money-and-property.html/comment-page-1#comment-2686 MikeB Fri, 29 May 2009 12:24:41 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=4899#comment-2686 Speaking as someone actually fighting eminent domain in federal court with Houston-based Spectra Energy, I can confirm that the power of eminent domain in the hands of government — which is transferred to a business — creates a sense of entitlement; and it creates an atmosphere ripe for abuse. An informed and engaged citizenry is necessary to put pressure on government and business. We are a group of property owners who are doing just that. One of our goals is to share information with fellow property owners who are involved in property rights issue. Our website has begun to draw inquiries from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to Oklahoma and Texas from folks facing similar challenges. For info, our site includes a landowner video to put a face on the property rights movement and blog postings: http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/ Keep fighting at the Show-Me Institute. Speaking as someone actually fighting eminent domain in federal court with Houston-based Spectra Energy, I can confirm that the power of eminent domain in the hands of government — which is transferred to a business — creates a sense of entitlement; and it creates an atmosphere ripe for abuse.

An informed and engaged citizenry is necessary to put pressure on government and business.

We are a group of property owners who are doing just that. One of our goals is to share information with fellow property owners who are involved in property rights issue. Our website has begun to draw inquiries from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania to Oklahoma and Texas from folks facing similar challenges.

For info, our site includes a landowner video to put a face on the property rights movement and blog postings:
http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/

Keep fighting at the Show-Me Institute.

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