Absolutely, SC_Hunter.
We should all respect private property and the law.
It would be bad if we did not.
Personally, I have this recurring distaste for banks and corporations and such.
Now that we've come to a global collapse because those people are so durned dishonest, it re-inforces my feelings regarding them.
They had 'investors' who made tons of money... lived fancy lifestyles FAR better than I, and now the coin has flipped over the other way, and they are taking money from me to pay their losses.
Did someone mention that I was now an owner of those properties the banks had on their balance sheets?
Odd thing, they didn't.
IMO, respect is a thing earned.
They have never earned mine.
And it's not that I'm a scofflaw.
I have read in the law books where there are legitimate legal proceedings one may take against owners who abandon, or do not make use of their property.
It is called adverse possession.
After reading the law concerning such an action, I can clearly see why it is a just thing. Good for society!
Any legitimate owner of property can stop a squatter by demanding they leave.
Some don't, and lose their ownership.
And it's not like I'm promoting class wareare, or envy the rich, but SC, what do you think about this guy?
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"Why, land's the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts." --Gerald O'Hara, "Gone With the Wind"
Ted Turner has obviously taken his favorite line from his favorite movie (which he owns) to heart.
The colorful, controversial media billionaire and environmentalist now owns 1.7 million acres, mostly ranchland, in the U.S. He owns more land than any other individual in the U.S.
His 2,600-plus square miles would cover more than half the state of Connecticut. And the buying, which began in earnest 13 years ago, isn't over. In the past year alone, Turner has purchased roughly 320,000 acres in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Even if all 13 of his major Western holdings cost him $20 million apiece, and they didn't, that's $260 million spent. Turner, the vice-chairman and largest shareholder of Time Warner, is worth $7 to $10 billion on any given day, depending on the stock's price.
Most of his holdings are ranches and farms in New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, South Carolina, Florida and South Dakota. Many acres are devoted to providing pasture for Turner's expanding 23,600 head of bison, easily the largest herd in the world.
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SC, I don't quite think that fellow NEEDS that much.
Obviously he's quite a businessman, and WANTS that much.
Somehow, I think We the People could be better served by laws preventing some feudal lord from trying to take it ALL over. BTW, I don't like his girlfriend, either.
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