The Florida chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has announced that fighting eminent domain abuse by governments is their number one priority for the 2006 legislative session. The group recognizes that the small business is never in a position to fight the collusion of big business and government when threatened.

You have heard the old saying “Location, Location, Location”, well so have the big businesses and if the present Supreme Court interpretation of eminent domain is not changed on the state level, the big businesses will take the “location” from the small business and make it their own, with the help of your friendly politician who sees more tax revenue to build the park in his name.

In a recent survey it conducted, the group said 91 percent of respondents said the government’s power of eminent domain should be restricted to prevent private property from being seized for private commercial enterprises for economic development.
“Small-business owners believe the government should never abuse its awesome power of eminent domain,” NFIB/Florida State Director Allen Douglas said. “Seizing private property for private development or for the expansion of the government¹s tax base does not sit well with small-business owners. NFIB will continue to work closely with the legislature to implement protections for private-property owners.” via the South Florida Business Journal

I applaud the NFIB for recognizing that this is such an important issue, and hope they are successful in getting the full support of their membership to persuade the Florida legislature to give up their eminent domain power.

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