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December 17, 2004
"Abuse of Power" by Steven Greenhut on Holiday Wish Lists
Townhall.com: Thomas Sowell
For those people you think would appreciate a good book, even if it is not upbeat, there are a number of outstanding choices.
One is "Abuse of Power" by Steven Greenhut, a very eye-opening little book which exposes the misuse of the power of eminent domain by local politicians across the country to demolish working-class neighborhoods, in order to turn the land over to developers who will build shopping malls, casinos and other things that will pay more taxes than the homeowners were paying.
Those people who are constantly denouncing "greed" almost never apply that term to what the government does, no matter how unconscionable it may be, as the routine misuse of eminent domain has become, with its Robin-Hood-in-reverse redistribution of wealth.
Posted by lumi at December 17, 2004 9:02 AM