A Nation of Sharecroppers

That's what we are.

According to the Supreme Court, if your local government thinks that somebody else can make more money of your land than you can, they can take your land away from you and give it to the other guy -- since that would give them more tax revenue and therefore would constitute a better "public use." In short, you do not own your land. You merely hold it in trust for the government, and only so long as you are making the most commercially advantageous (from the government's point of view) use of it. Should you fail to generate enough cash flow for the real property owners (the government), they can reassign it to more profitable tenants.

You. Are. A. Sharecropper.

Welcome to America.

Oh, and the Supreme Court has a message for some of you. Do you think there are more important things in life than money? Do you have priorities other than raking in as much cash as possible without regard for any other values in life? If so, then here, from the Supremes to you, is your Thought For The Day:

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Dear Person of Non-Material Priorities:

Go to hell.

Sincerely,
Injustices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer and Anthony Kenndy

P.S. Those of you who think this country is governed by a Constitution can go to hell right along with 'em.
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