If You Build It, They Will Come

Taking their cue from the movie Field of Dreams, the federal government is attempting to steal 4.9 acres of land from the Rainville family, in Morses Line, Vermont.

You see, there is a small border crossing, Morses Line Porty of Entry, located basically in the middle of the Rainville’s diary farm.  A border crossing so quaint that maybe seventy-five (75) cars pass through each day, and the federal government, in their haste to spend every dollar they do not have, desires to build a $7 million dollar border crossing station showhouse.  But the government needs the Rainville’s land to do so, and the Rainvilles do not want to sell out for the paltry sum being offered for the 4.9 acres, so the feds are considering exercising eminent domain to force their possession of the Rainville’s land.

I would think that it is rather clear that building a $7 million dollar port of entry showhouse for 75 cars a day is ridiculous.  And I would also think it is clear that the federal government’s willingness to exercise eminent domain to steal the Rainville’s land in order to move forward with their ridiculous plan is not only a travesty, but a display of excess which is readily understandable.

I would hope that the Rainvilles understand this is just another federal government boondoggle, and that would not sell at any price, as the sale of their land to erect this border crossing showhouse would simply encourage additional acts of stupidity by the State.

Vermont family fights to protect farm from government takeover

Linked via a Mark Steyn post at The Corner titled That Ain’t Hay, It’s The USA.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05/22 at 07:36 AM

  1. Well let’s see now. 75 cars per day is 27,375 cars per year and 273,750 cars per year.

    In today’s manic environment that is a quarter millions chances for *terrists* to harm us because of our freedoms, and that simply won’t do.

    The Rainville Dairy is going to get a great big gov’t hole lopped right out of the middle of it, and the rest of it will collapse from structural failure from the wound.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/24  at  11:22 AM

  2. er, that should be 273,750 cars per DECADE.
    As DQ said, “The mind is a terrible thing.”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/24  at  11:23 AM

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