One inherent problem with the political process is that it tends to select for people who not only have a lot of time on their hands, but want very badly to run other people's lives. Fortunately, there are still a lot of honestly concerned citizens (I think I would be safe in putting you in that category) to keep things on an even keel, but the system is still tilted against them. How many good people don't get involved not out of apathy, but simply because they have productive lives?
It's no coincidence that national offices end up being held largely by people for whom politics is an end, not a means.
I still wonder how a "political draft" would work. "Greetings: You have been selected as a candidate for the office of Assemblyman representing your district..."
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- CNN: "High court OKs personal property seizures"
- I'm hearing that there were a lot of questionable "Eminent Domain" actions that are now proceeding because of this decision.
- High Court Justices' Property at Risk
- The power of imminent domain...
- The rest of the decision:
- The gist of this decision:
- Odds are good that middle- and lower-class property owners...
- Tell that to the people in CT...
- Also, about lost income, I referred to rental income.
- no income is lost............
- Strange bedfellows
- The issue is the "uniqueness" that is inherent in each piece of real-property
- re: bedfellows
- The Supreme Court is ruling on its authority to abrogate a local law.
- Strange bedfellows
- no income is lost............
- So we can get it on the record:
- Also, about lost income, I referred to rental income.
- Tell that to the people in CT...
- Odds are good that middle- and lower-class property owners...
- Going back to the point that language has meaning and misuse leads to emotional misunderstanding..
- jWow! Scalia and Thomas came down on the side of people!!!
- Sounds like a BAD decision to me.
- re: CNN: "High court OKs personal property seizures"