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Old 07-23-2008, 02:22 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by disfigured View Post
I knew this guy was probably a conniving prick, nobody get's that rich playing by all the rules. I didn't know he was trying to rig the game. The details of how it's going to be done I haven't seen yet.

Imminent Domain always gets my craw too. I always thought the buyout should be 10 times the going rate. There's always motivation to do so because there's so much money to be made, giving market value plus a few percentage points always seemed like a crumb.

If your going to have the bad luck of being one the few people who are effected by this borderline bullshit government action, why not have it be windfall for them. Yeah Ok, it's a bribe, but at least make it worth their wild if your going to force them to accept said bribe.

It should be like hitting the fucking lottery, if you own, or getting a great apartment you couldn't afford for like 10 years or something if you rent.

The city took our farm. My relatives own surrounding areas, one of theirs was taken too. He fought and got to stay until death, then they moved in, after already using about half (400 acres ish).
We got premium price, but that wasn't the point.

My childhood farm is now a small-town sewage treatment pit. Tell me how good my settlement was again?

I have to examine Pickens further, but I'm sooo getting the same vibes as you on this one too.
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