Comments on: Goodlatte: Government, Inc. Leads to Red Ink for Our Nation’s Small Businesses

By: Kip Kleber

Kip Kleber — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:43:21 +0000

I wish to a new company, specifically a coffee shop, hence the online research. Reading your posts have give me some great things to think about, and I look forward to reading a lot more of what you have to share!

By: Tatto Paper

Tatto Paper — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:57:55 +0000

Cool, there is actually some great ideas on here some of my subscribers may find this relevant, I will send them a link, many thanks.

By: LittleDavid

LittleDavid — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:28:20 +0000

I have some problem with deregulation allowing entities to consolidate so that they become too big to fail. Big banks gobbled up smaller banks. Then decision making was concentrated so that one bad decision by some executive tumbled downhill in pursuit of greater profit. “Jack and Jill went up the hill…”

Why isn’t some effort made to break up the big banks that are too big to fail? Break them off into bite size chunks. We had those bite sized chunks before deregulation.

By: MikeB

MikeB — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:13:44 +0000

Eminent domain — or the power of “taking” under the badge of government — seems to be the new theme of the governing class, whether it is applied to water rights or property rights.

Private property owners facing the threat of eminent domain quickly learn that they are not standing on a level playing field legally, economically or politically.

Among other lessons, there is a lot of play in the “just” of “just compensation.” The power of eminent domain brings with it a sense of entitlement. At that point, property owners are merely an obstacle to be swept aside — when, in fact, they possess the key asset coveted by government and the corporation.

But property owners can fight back. Our two-year battle against Houston-based Spectra Energy which seized our property rights for an underground gas storage field led to the development of a website which has begun to attract whistle blowers inside the energy industry. We are collaborating and helping property owners in many states. For info, visit the site: http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/

By the way, our new neighbor, Spectra Energy, has received two Notice of Violations for “unlawful conduct” related to emergency shutdowns and emissions at its storage field in Bedford County, PA. Reports of contaminated water supplies are on the rise since they began operations.

Like Kelo, the ripple effects of eminent domain are never over.