If you think this doesn't happen in America, please read up on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Yards#Controversy

If you think this doesn't happen in America, please read up on the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Yards#Controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Yards#Controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Develop_Don%27t_Destroy_Brooklyn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Develop_Don%27t_Destroy_Brookly... The whole premise of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's argument is that the Government is taking from one private owner and giving to another. The argument is that eminent domain should only be used for the Government, not to benefit a for-profit company. It's a little too late now, since Ratner has already bulldozed the neighborhood, effectively ruining it before the argument can be settled in courts.