"They're Trying to Steal Our Family Land"
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2023
- A group of Sparta, Georgia, property owners announced they have teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to challenge a private railroad’s attempt to take their land for a rail spur that would benefit a private business. IJ will represent Don and Sally Garrett, Blaine and Diane Smith, and Marvin and Pat Smith in a legal proceeding before the Georgia Public Service Commission against Sandersville Railroad’s attempt to use eminent domain to condemn and take their land.
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In March 2023, Sandersville filed a petition with the Georgia Public Service Commission to obtain the authority to condemn the land owned by the Garretts and the Smiths to build a rail spur to haul materials used for making concrete out of the Hanson Quarry, owned by Heidelberg Materials. The taking of the land-which would require parcels from some 18 properties nearby-would serve no public interest. It would simply allow Heidelberg to export materials via train instead of trucks.
“Taking people’s private land and handing it over to a private company for the benefit of a private business isn’t just wrong, it’s unconstitutional and against Georgia law,” said IJ Senior Attorney Bill Maurer. “The power to use eminent domain is limited to public uses and the public is not going to use this railroad-a private business is. Neither the Constitution nor Georgia statutes permit this kind of abuse of the eminent domain power.”
Sandersville Railroad is a powerful business with political connections. Meanwhile, the landowners in rural Sparta are fighting to save properties that have been in their respective families for generations. The Garrett family, for example, has owned the land since the 1800s.
“This is more than just land to our family - it’s where we’ve shared memories and built a life for ourselves for generations,” said Don. “We’re not going to let Sandersville just go in and take it from us.”
As for the Smiths, Marvin and Blaine’s great grandmother was born a slave on the property, which was then a cotton plantation. In the 1920s, their grandfather and grandmother were able to obtain part of the land as their own. They farmed the land, and always told their children to hold onto it-and they have. The property has been in the Smith family ever since.
While the Smiths now live in Maryland, they routinely come back to visit the house they grew up in and they plan to continue keeping this land in their family for future generations.
“Our family has owned this land for 100 years, and we plan to continue owning it for generations to come,” said Blaine. “We refuse to let a private company come take the land that we hope to leave for our children and our children’s children.”
“It’s clear to anyone that Sandersville’s attempt to take land from the Garretts and Smiths serves no legitimate public interest,” said IJ Litigation Fellow Betsy Sanz. “We look forward to standing up for these property owners in their fight against this unconstitutional land grab.”
The Institute for Justice (IJ) is the national expert on defending property owners against eminent domain abuse and other property rights violations. It represents the property owners in Sparta whose land would be seized by this eminent domain taking. Those property owners include Don and Sally Garrett, Blaine and Diane Smith, and Marvin and Pat Smith.
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Any elected public figure that promotes this abuse of eminent domain needs to be voted out of office ASAP.
ASAP is correct
I assume by voting you mean HANGING
@@jebushypocristos ROFL… that’s a knee Slapa!
You are kinder than I am.
@@theunaimedarrow4903 ... Sometimes it is best to not publicly voice your true feelings on a topic of discussion.
Granted eminent domain is needed in very narrow circumstances, but it should never be used for private gain. It's just damn shameful.
The obvious solution here is an underground railroad.
In what instances? Jc
@@yolyprog2561 how about running a powerline to people who don't have power. Or sewer line. How about a badly needed road. Or a sewage treatment plant. Etc. Etc. Things needed by the public as a whole. Not some corprate entity.
I remember when the Supreme Court said it was just fine for a city to take peoples' houses by eminent domain and give the land to a for-profit corporation to build a shopping mall on.
@@jamesmcgrath1952 No sir. No Sir. No sir. No road, no sewage or no power takes precedence over another mans land. NOTHING.
I fully support vigilante justice. The government no longer supports the people.
Not proud of it, but I was actually thinking along the same line. For too long, people have been letting these scoundrels bend them over a barrel, without pushback.
Amen brother!!
Exactly. This company would be seeing "mysterious" damage and sabotage for generations.
Railroads have had the right of Emment Domain in the US since at least the 1830s. The only real issue in such cases is the price. The US Supreme Court has long permitted the state to take land "for the public good" even if that meant the ultimate users are private corporations.
This effort can delay the taking and increase the costs but that is about it.
Rarely ever has here. It's always been about 1984 totalitarian corporate/big bank rule.
That's why I'm a flaming communist.
Let's not get triggered if you knew what it really stood for you would all agree with me. I put people above government tyranny and corporate rule.
I think everyone should because I really don't like being a serf to these absolute pieces of shit.
But yep - agree. We should all take our rights back by any means necessary.
We need to end corporate owned politicians! Any official that approves stealing land under the color of law should be thrown in prison!
Absolutely
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That too, but I agree with that comment above!!
That would be all politicians at both federal and state levels. Every one of them is owned by corporate America and their only purpose is to take the money and property of the population and hand it to the 1%. There needs to be a revolution; we are already slaves of the 1% in all but name.
Although I am happy with SCOUTUS this week the conservative majority is way to pro corporate and not enough pro the people
@@johnypitman2368 - sadly it is not just the conservatives. both sides promote an agenda by demonizing each other and both profit off it. Whoever has the money makes the rules and it will be an eternal fight to keep that in check.
Eminent Domain is just a euphemism for property theft.
See takings clause, Fifth Amendment…the only self executing clause in the Bill of Rights.
Not true, you never owned it, they are just returning your rent. Eminent Domain is proof no one owns land.
This is disgusting. They just try to take what people have and leave them with nothing.
Realizing that land does have a Highest and Best Use is a hallmark of an advanced civilized society. This is yet another display of a "certain demographic" not wanting to be participants in an advanced civilized society.
None of us were ever free
@@thinkcasting3182private property rights are the basis for our “advanced society “. The only “taking” that should be allowed is for public use, such as a road. Taking peoples land to serve a private interest is immoral and erodes our basic rights.
Not "nothing". It's purchased at market value. But, disturbing anyway.
@@thinkcasting3182What?
I'm so sick of eminent domain. It is always abused.
agreed
They want a world where we own nothing and we need to be happy!
"Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination."
- Mark Twain
Exactly
Thanks for bringing attention to this issue. Eminent domain and civil forfeiture are some of the big abuses of power in the USA that often go under the radar.
Don't Forget property tax. The Big Three.
You own nothing in this country.Freedom is a well constructed illusion.
You forget qualified immunity, made out of vapors by the corrupt assigned judges in the laughable US Supreme Court, why? They thought it would save money. Seriously! Damn scummy judges. Never trust them.
Forfeiture is by far the more abused practice. I have to stop myself from thinking abt it most days cuz it's disgusting how and how much it's used to steal from law abiding citizens. One of many things that have made me lose almost all faith in the justice system which I have personally been a victim of. There's *some* good ppl in there but when it's this broken it almost doesn't matter.
What’s sad is nobody ever really owns their land - they are renting it, making payments to their landlord in the form of property tax. In the end, the government will almost always get what they want. In this case, the government will most likely profit more by taxing the railroad and the company it will serve than they currently do by collecting rent from these “land owners”.
The government will NOT charge the RR much, if any tax.
God owns the land...not the government. Bullies of greed. Baal needs the head cut off. Thank you IJ for being in the right place...at the right time.
Not if they fine both of them... there's much more profit for the govt more immediately, that way... That will push them harder to release Electro Gravitic tech we've had since the 60s anyway. That damn geriatric House Member and CEO/ Smithsonian guard service. 🤬🤬🤬🤬
If that were true then, imminent domain wouldn't be weaponized to take land that doesn't belong to them.
Why should that be a surprise for people !?
Landlord…ism??? Has been a major source of government funding since before recorded history !
It’s called a tax because governments are known for taxation, but the truth is all throughout time our leaders from kings and emperors “taxing” their nobles for use of the land to the nobles taxing the people on the land, down to the capitalists of ye old usury days getting rich by emulating the tilted elite to get rich off their own fellow peers !
A story as old as time !!!
However, be thankful our countries have a little bit more respect ( maybe a healthy dose of fear from back in the day that still lingers !? )
Then a country like China !
China straight up doesn’t even sell land with property tax maintaining ownership laws !
China has strict 70 year leases !!
Your fudged in China and sol!
Talk about getting “railroaded “ !
Where do you think the phrase originated? Railroads have a long history of feeling entitled to take whatever they want in order to get their infrastructure built wherever they want it.
Dang railroads still doing this? This is like the plot of a movie that took place in the 1850s...
Sadly it was not even the railroads doing this, it was the factory, the railroad is just an excuse.
How is eminent domain used to benefit a private company? I just don't see how that works.
This isn't a railroad to connect the east to the west.
For over a hundred years railroads, almost all of which are private companies, have been given the ability to purchase land using eminent domain. The legal theory is that railroads are a public benefit. Privately owned toll roads have also been constructed using eminent domain laws.
The spur line will create $1.5 million in annual direct economic impact to Hancock County. People have to understand that the County doesn't do business in some magical vacuum filled with money trees that provide free money to them. They get their money from the taxpayers. Do you want expanding businesses to contribute extra tax money to fund County operations or would you prefer them to raise property taxes to fund their operations? Inflationary times also affect the County's budget.
It is all about tax revenue. The government will profit more from taxes levied on the railroad and the private business than they currently do on these unfortunate land owners. As I stated in a current reply, you never really own your land - you are only renting it and paying your rent in the form of property tax. The government will justify this theft as beneficial to the community because it will add more money to the coffers,
@@thinkcasting3182 So money is a justification for theft? The railroad can devalue their property (the part they aren't going to steal) so everyone but the land owners can profit? In fact the land owners will suffer a great loss.
Hard to believe this is still happening in the 2023 eminent domain should NEVER have been permitted in the US we either have the right to our property or we don't
It should be permitted, but applied under only very specific circumstances that are unquestionably Public Use.
The country would be fucked without it.
@@ShainAndrews yeah and? The country can get fucked, it's the people that matter.
@knightwolf312: Eminent domain was intended for public use projects that benefitted that same greater public. A private company land grab to save corporate coffers isn't eminent domain. It's called corporate greed. I hope Sandersville Railroad and that quarry company get all the protests and bad publicity it rightly deserves.
Agreed. It's too easily abused. It should never be done. There's always a way to do a public project without stealing a person's home and robbing them of their basic human rights and dignity.
Just compensation would be 3X market value for the true loss being sustained by the person or household. They never offer that. They never care about the harm they cause and see common citizens as lowly peasants with no rights. They are sociopaths and disgusting. Only their needs and wants matter in their eyes.
It's a criminal practice for a criminal enterprise- the homeland gestapo known as local state and federal govts, all acting as gangster protectors and enforcers for their billionaire and corporate filthy pals who see the world as theirs alone to consume, exploit, rob or destroy as they see fit. They're animals.
Now that I can see who these filth really are, worthless bought-and-paid-for ultra-fascists who would do anything to dominate this corporate shithole tenth-world nation, I realize they are absolutely worthless bags of flesh who serve no constructive purpose in this world and ergo need to go up in flames and b7urn in hell. That's the communist-individual libertarian view.
The US State only exists to be the unstoppable force that protects endless corporate greed, corporate impunity and corporate power, not just at home but around the world. If I had my way they would all get to line up in front of the purging wall.
Keep the land and make sure no one takes it. Other wise you will be left with nothing and you will become a forever renter.
not much choice when they come haul you off it by force
I am a native New Yorker, back in the 1930s eminent domain was used to build the Triborough Bridge and the Grand Central Parkway. in the taking of the property one home owner refused to leave and secured his home like a fort. When the authorities showed up to physically carry him off of his land and out of his house the gun battle began. As a result he was killed but he succeeded in killing two policemen and injuring a couple of others. The day may come that history may repeat itself. And it would not surprise me if and when it does. A lot of people do not understand one thing when an elderly person knows that they don't have much longer to live they may decide to take drastic measures and possibly take others down with them. The abuse of power through eminent domain can be a dangerous game. Every time I hear another eminent domain story I think about what happened in New York back in the depression.
Absolutely disgusting, our private business can even apply for imminent domain, is beyond insanity. Politicians and big corporations are completely out of control and need to be stopped immediately before we lose our country to everything we have worked for and loved.
yep it’s called facism nazi ism. neo nazi… thought we got rid of them in WW2, but they are again entreched in power, violating george washington ideals.. we must never give up the fight for right and make a better world for our children. it is a worldwide effort. God help usa
I work for a private company that built railroad bridges. We would rent land from farmers to build a access road to the bridge. The railroad always wanted to just take it. In my personal opinion it’s chicken $:@! That one of the reasons I quit after 12 years of it. I have absolutely no respect for railroads whatsoever. Fight for your land !
Except it is government land or they could not take it.
@@toriless Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad BNSF is doing the same thing out here right now as we speak on our property. I did not know that they were federal government.
Kelo v. New Haven was wrong the moment it was decided, and a case like this would be wonderful to overturn & reverse Kelo and protect families like these.
Kelo v New London?
Yep!
My bad … I’ll blame the early morning (before 04:00 or so) time before heading out for a pre-dawn hike. 🤦🏻♂️
You can edit posts ya know
NOW you know where the saying " being rairoaded" comes from!!
You all at the Institute for Justice are doing amazing work! The Constitution is alive and IJ is making sure it stays that way. Keep up the good work.
Private companies should not be able to claim eminent domain. It flies in the face of the "free market" system.
It flies in the face of the Constitution.
Hehehe, you think we have a "free market" system !!! Hilarious
I literally thank GOD ALMIGHTY for the Institute for Justice!
Which god we using this week lady?
The one and only God good not bad
@@elladoz1966 What ":good" God would allow something like this to happen to "his good people"? Ain't no such.
@@P_RO_You're clueless. Ask God if He's real instead of arguing with internet strangers. 😶
@@rheeryder2524 You're the clueless one (or at least one of them). Yes, there is a God and no, he doesn't give a damn about you or anyone else.
If the state is even considering this is pathetic.
We need to totally do away with eminent domain.
That would require Amending the Bill of Rights…specifically the takings clause of the 5th Amendment.
End the eminent domain theft.
You're not too smart, they get paid for the land, it's basically an easement for a train that will make one round trip a day. Big whoopie.
@@thinkcasting3182 I think I found the railroad employee
@@thinkcasting3182they get paid pennies on the dollar for what the land is worth and they don't want to sell their land. If a train company ever built a railroad through my land against my will they better only drive tanks down that track.
It is their land, their choice.
@@rhaughton try not paying your property tax to the County and you'll see who actually "owns" the land. Let's not be naive. These are mostly unkept fields full of brush and snakes.
Eminent domain shouldn't exist.
If you truly own something you should never be forced to surrender it.
May God Bless these families and grant them with a win over this world's greed.
Full support for the families and land owners from Southern Illinois
Love IJ!
This needs to be shown to everyone!
God bless you for helping those people. Kelo v New London was one of the worst Supreme Court decisions ever decided.
The majority of this nation supports these people in their fight... Start a petition if it would make a difference!!! This is illegal. They can find another way!!! This is NOT the way things work in AMERICA! God bless you all and I stand behind y'all!! 💜
God bless the Institute for Justice. Nobody else even discusses the depravity that exists between our government and private corporations. It's us against them
States have used this for decades in Tennessee it was the railroad and TVA for lakes and Others that just made people uproot and move. These good folks need to stand their ground.
This is going to be really interesting to see how this plays out
how it usually plays out is a long legal battle followed by them still losing the land. courts rarely side with the property owners
It has already been decided in the railroads favor
@peachesrambo4037 What? I haven't seen any news on it.
@@Aethrin no, but we all know whats gonna happen, the area is gonna side with the railroad, it's going to bring in more taxes, election funds are going to be added to, you know, like the stuff that always happens.
Georgia law gives railroads and utilities this power, federally it is also considered an interstate commerce matter. The landowners would be really stupid to let the final outcome be eminent domain, instead of negotiating a profitable partnership. Someone already has capital set up for a project of this scale and complexity and is thinking decades ahead. I don't think Sandersville Railroad or the quarry are in it alone.
Ij ...all of you are truly wonderful people.. if I had if I had 100s of millions so would you.. your mission should be everyone's mission...
I hope you continue to stand your ground! Big companies get what ever they want, it needs to stop.
I donated $100 to IJ because of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
We need to gather people not signatures to occupy the railroad corporate headquarters and protest.
The Institue for Justice does amazing work and I am convinced they'll be victorious in helping these people stop this land grab. My rural neighborhood had a similar problem recently. A developer of 150 new homes wanted to dump all the traffic for the entire new subdivision onto a quiet winding dead end street in our neighborhood because he was too cheap to build a road directly to access a highway abutting his development. He lost because we have a great mayor who persisted until he gave up. The greed never stops. Keep up the good fight.
Developers win because government is corrupt
Please protect our elders😢😢😢
I hope they defend themselves in every way to keep their land.
Money is worthless. A families home is priceless
Can't own anything on stolen ground" Its all been a con!
I had a friend that gave his son a beautiful piece of property overlooking is home place but when the boy went to put in a water line the water company decided they wanted it. The guy fought it but lost. 😢 I'm praying you all win.
Citizens always lose to corporations, the system is broken
If it VIOLATES Georgia law..
then it should be CASE CLOSED
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They've been doing this for a long time, now and the courts have upheld it, too often. Remember Kelo? It hasn't gotten better.
I am from a small town in Illinois. Railroad did it there. Took a bunch of land and homes to redirect some tracks. They had to "buy" the land from the people but it was pennies on the dollar compared to real world value.
Shameful!!! Fight and vote those politicians out for even reading their petition!
I thought only "government " has the authority to impose "imminent domain" . My question is...WHEN did this change, because I never gave my consent and nor did I ever receive notification of it.
In addition to fighting the unconstitutional ED, investigation into any payoffs to politicians needs to take place.
You don't actually own "your" property, *you are merely renting it from the government.*
Fight fight fight. This happened to ranchers and many farmers. We need our family lands. Keep fighting. This is America not the soviet union or other citizen controlling country. 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
You think the US is citizen controlled, how quaint
With eminent domain everyone gets to make a profit accept the person with the most valuable asset, the landowner. Profit for the company that builds the railroad, profit for the company that operates the railroad, profit for the company the railroad services, profit for the local authorities in taxes, Prophet for the people that get jobs in all of this, ECT. The landowner gets current fair market value, no profit!. The landowners should get fair market value Plus a hefty premium or a piece of ownership in the project!. Why does the most important entity get the least?.
Eminent domain should require at least double fair market value plus all cost incurred to the landowner.
There are ways for landowners to profit. Only if it's eminent domain they will get almost nothing.
landowner !! Phooey, you have drunken the punch, you own nothing. You have a temporary permit.
@@toriless yeah you're right I'm a Punch-Drunk fool. What made me think I could speak to a subject with standard nomenclature and please everybody.
Thank You IFJ for helping citizens cope with uncontrolled and overwhelming government excesses. This land grab is one of those atrocities that is an outright abuse of government power.
They've been taking land like this for so many years I can't remember and I'm 77 years old. That is a terrible thing that they do but when they want to build a dam, a lake, a railroad, they will do it, no matter what!
Despicable! Please keep fighting the good fight.
Go get 'em IJ!!!!!
Praying for these people to stand firm and to maintain their properties. I am so tired of monied people who want to take from others so they can enrich themselves. Al l down thru the years, the rich have preyed upon others to enrich themselves. Please GOD, help these people.
How does the state have any standing in this? As a company it takes all gains AND takes all risks. States and municipalities should have no stake in this. To use the power of the state and pockets of corporations to leverage citizens is civil terrorism.
it is called corruption
Go get'em IJ!
Hello everyone
Hi, sounds like these folks are being played, Have you been played?
@@MikeHarrison3266 They're definitely being played, me, no, I own my home and there's no way someone is taking it, especially by using imminent domain.
Our family currently has an eminent domain case filed against my grandparents farm. The utility has made multiple false statements claiming they couldn't find or reach a settlement with us. They've never tried. So they want the land now... about 7 acres for $10! They're attempting legal robbery.
Keep it up ij
Does Eminent Domain trump a "Land Patent", if so why get a Land Patent?
There is no land patent but there is a Land Deed. It does offer protection from government seizures of assets but I am not sure about entire takings. They also take 7 years without objection to become established. You have to do a survey, etc. It is a to the earths core deed.
@@toriless what is the difference, if I may ask?
There are a number of statements by IJ in this video that don't reflect the situation or the law. Most railroads are privately owned, for-profit enterprises. For hundreds of years railroads have been given the legal right to condemn private land under eminent domain to construct a right-of-way for the tracks. In this case the determination of the value of the seized land may be difficult to ascertain. Since the RR doesn't appear to be taking all of the properties but only a portion that would appear to me to severely diminish the value of the entire property. Who wants rock trains running through their yard? I would be surprised if the IJ prevails in this case, given both the courts in Georgia and, if it comes to that, the SCOTUS should they become involved.
You're missing something though. This is a limited purpose railroad. There will be no public access, passenger transport, and it only branches off of connected infrastructure. This is not the same as building a railroad for the purposes we normally think of it. This is not a railroad that will be operated for the public good.
@@MrTheDif I understand your arguments but the law may not make any such distinction about the way the RR is to be used.
Thank you for the only factual background information presented on this case
For residential or conservation use it reduces value, which may factor in to fair market that must be paid. However, given the minerals the railroad opens access to, plus potentially two Class 1 railroad connections (from speculation) served by a business friendly shortline (unlike the large railroads) in a conservative state, the land value might increase a lot.
"This is a limited purpose railroad. There will be no public access, passenger transport, and it only branches off of connected infrastructure. This is not the same as building a railroad for the purposes we normally think of it."
As far as you know. I see something else going on from some research. I think landowners should play with some business sense to minimize the screwing they might get.
Keep up the good fight!
Wow.. I would like to see how that turns out.
Even if they lose in court it would be time to call in the militia
IJ is the only organization that Steve Lehto supports with every word he says about them.
In NY similar case, the Supreme Court in 2010 decided not hear the eminent domain case involving Columbia University, which finagled the state into seizing local land, and local businesses [Never before happened!]. Started on December 18, 2008 when the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC)/rep of Columbia Univ voted unanimously to use eminent domain to seize Manhattanville property for Columbia's benefit. In May of that year, the corporation had approved Columbia's plan for the area, which it characterized as “blighted" with the State of NY approval; a bunch of indecent blessers politician$. This is Capitalism 101! Using these samples of dishonest business misconduct and crook behavior by politicians including our Justice System supporting an especially valuable exchange partner for firms, as companies benefit from relationships with them leaving small businesses and home owners dry… that’s the reason people are doomed!
This is a perversion of capitalism that is much more like Fascism. But blame free-market supporters for not wanting the government to have full control of commerce.
sad this has been going on for ages.
thats one of the probllems with this country........corporate greed
Prayers for all of you
Eliminate the ability of corporations to influence politicians by disallowing their ability to donate to election campaigns, and place limits on how much individuals can donate. Corporate electoral donations and large personal donations should be unconstitutional because they are a form of bribery. Allowing corporations to expropriate land just because they need profit is so incredibly wrong.
I don't know the people in this story and don't live anywhere near them, but I feel for them. They seem like excellent folk. Hope IFJ can help them because they deserve justice.
This is one of the grosses incidents I've ever heard of by government. There ancestors were slaves. You can't give those people their lives back. Leave these people alone! Find another way around there property!
"My great grandmother was born a slave on this property." And you STILL are a slave to the state!
you know public officials are getting money out of this.
The railroad is wrong we need to fight against these companies
The problem is CORPORATIONS FILLING THE POCKETS OF POLITICIANS. Ever wonder how politicians become multimillionaire in just a few years?
I once worked for a Republican politician as his bodyguard while he was running for US Senate against Dick Durbin, when Durbin and Obama were the two sitting US senators of Illinois.
The man, my contract, was called to a meeting in a downtown Chicago hotel. At the meeting, a former federal level politician said to us, "If you take our corporate money and do what we say, you'll unseat Durbin. If you don't, you'll lose."
My boss said, "We don't take corporate money. Says it right on our website."
They said, "If you think that you're going to win because you're an idealist, you're absolutely going to lose exactly because of that. Every politician on either side was placed by us for accepting our money."
He asked, "How do we know that you're telling the truth?"
They answered, "There's an obscure little socialist lawyer that you know personally. In 3 years, he's going to be placed as president. We're placing him. His name is Barack Obama."
We laughed out loud and left the meeting. Sure enough, the little known socialist, the self-described "social justice lawyer" got placed as president. Exactly like they said.
Now look at him. One of the richest men on earth. Sold his soul for wealth and fame.
If you think corporations are getting away with stealing property from people without the help and blessing of CROOKED POLITICIANS, you were born yesterday.
Go get them IJ!!!
You ever heard the term, "railroaded"?
Well now you have & it's been happening to common folk for years.
That's a disgusting, crying shame. 🙏💔
Now if we could make inheritance tax illegal!
How many times must we be taxed on are own money?
This struck a nerve with how the government screws the avg citizens from obtaining generational wealth through excessive taxation laws which force most families to sell off there properties in order to pay the taxes amongst the children of the parents
Well wealthier families have very intelligent lawyers who legally work around these unethical taxes by use of creating LCC banking accounts.
Companies with the lack of integrious dealings are a cancer to any civilization. It's amazing to me, how you can own something, some clown or group of clowns deem it necessary to take your land to fit their needs. These people do not need to tolerate this, but if anything be compensated for this inconvenience and the company's entire business dealings be scrutinized. Sad mentality to think this behavior is ok and acceptable, it's not and should be met with the same or more force to be rectified.
This reminds me of the Kelo case. Being a retired Sr. Right of Way Agent, I have seen some unlawful practices mostly by local agencies.
Wow! This one really pisses me off. This really has to stop. Fight the good fight IJ.
thanks for bringing awareness to the excesses of the elites. not sure how the local govt. even entertained this notion.
This needs to be stopped.
It's wild how these people got railroaded. A damn shame how these companies conduct business. I hope the poor people stay on track to receive justice.
They need to call their local sheriff.
Militia. For a free State.
Do not let them.
Tell that to all the Native Americans who didn't even get court notice, the rights to fight it or those people probably would not be the current owners !!!
praying for you all. it séems like evil people today thìnk they can do anything. the supreme court needs to address this to help you. take care and God bless.
Keep fighting the good fight IJ staff!
The Keto decision was just a slap in the face to private property owners and why companies such as this railroad think they can take your property by force.
Kelo… Kelo v. New London.
@@tobitsdogcasenerd Thanks for the correction. I think I was a victim of autocorrect. Guess my computer wanted it to be a case about low-carb dieting. lol
@@kenthawley5990 You’re welcome…I understand…I also get frustrated with autocorrect.
thank you
Imminent domain is immediate theft.
Try that again...
I would lease the railroad right of way for their operations for only $2million a year