Dem theft of raisins ... FDR

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Billy

by James Denison Apr 28, 2015 12:10PM PDT

That was for Diana since she'd asked about it.

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Jimmy

by JP Bill Apr 28, 2015 12:33PM PDT

AND the OP was about Democrats and Raisins...

What does Grays rapsheet have to do with raisins and FDR.

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Thanks.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 22, 2015 10:18AM PDT

I wondered when someone would notice that lawsuit. Old and wrinkly isn't it?
Bob

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RE: Dems and "public use"

by JP Bill Apr 22, 2015 12:27PM PDT

The Fifth Amendment says private property shall not "be taken for public use, without just compensation." Time was, "for public use" meant for creating things — roads, bridges, dams, courthouses — used by the general public. In 1954, "public use" was broadened to allow government to take property to combat "blight," thereby enabling "urban renewal." Then in the infamous 2005 Kelo decision, the Supreme Court held, 5 to 4, that government could seize a person's private property for the "public use" of giving it to another private party that would, by developing it, pay more taxes to the seizing government.

Weren't GOP running things in 1954 AND 2005?

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(NT) They weren't in 1932

by James Denison Apr 22, 2015 1:15PM PDT

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Is it 1932 now?

by JP Bill Apr 22, 2015 1:55PM PDT

As it was in the beginning......nothing can be changed?

In 1954, "public use" was broadened to allow government to take property

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1916

by James Denison Apr 22, 2015 2:14PM PDT

We still have income taxes from that Socialist "Progressive" President Woodrow Wilson. When will that be done away with?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/09/08/100-years-after-woodrow-wilson-mark-levin-pens-a-brilliant-response/

"Wilson was one of the early leaders of the so-called Progressive Movement, which was an open conspiracy against the Constitution from the start. Former President of Princeton University, he had the haughty attitude of superiority that marks so-called "Progressives" to this day. He was so sure he was so much smarter than the Founding Fathers, who laid the careful foundations of the most successful country in the history of the world. He displayed the contempt for the average American Progressives exhibit to this day as well, successfully running for reelection in 1916 on the Slogan "He kept us out of war," before he led America into World War I the next year.

Wilson's handiwork as President bedevils the nation to this day. That includes the federal income tax, and the Federal Reserve Board. Posterity is finally beginning to recognize the rotten seeds Wilson planted that have grown to ensnarl America in vines that now threaten to bring the whole nation down."

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RE: When will that be done away with?

by JP Bill Apr 22, 2015 9:26PM PDT

Not in your lifetime?

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In both instances

by TONI H Apr 22, 2015 8:35PM PDT

The times dictated many more important issues to deal with so I don't think something like this would have been seen as an urgent issue to debate and change..... and the Supreme Court case you mention doesn't have anything to do with Congress changing or not changing that law now in front of SCOTUS....that doesn't make it right that this went on for so many years, and many times, amendments to laws creep into other bills that are voted on and, as we know, bills aren't always read before passage.

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(NT) Never mind that- who stole the strawberries?

by drpruner. Apr 30, 2015 3:54AM PDT

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