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Old 04-01-2012, 01:49 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by taustin View Post
In practice, "pay for it" means somebody has to decide what it's worth. That process is called "politics," and the company that has something taken away from them will always lose.

So, yeah, in practice, it doesn't seem like a good choice.
Yes, indeed. And a more general reason grows out from that, which is that if companies start seeing the government using eminent domain to take their products, they will take evasive action, or go into some other business.
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