Here is yet another story about a government using eminent domain to steal property from its citizens. In this case, the state of Tennessee is seeking to seize land from farmers in order to benefit a private business.
About a year ago, Ford Motor Company began building an electric truck plant in BlueOval City, a rural area of west Tennessee. It was met with optimism from the community at the prospect of having new jobs for residents. The government was enthused about the idea of having another source of tax revenue and made generous offers to the company to establish its plant in the state.
Now, Tennessee’s government is seeking to acquire land to build a roadway to offer better access to the plant. The issue is that, in several cases, they are using eminent domain to forcibly take the land from its owners while severely underpaying them, […]
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