Farmland conversion and landfill sites

[westwardloo]

Expropriation by municipalities of farm land for industrial use is far from uncommon.

If true...that is a very unpleasant thing to learn...

But again, to be clear, it is not expropriation, or even necessarily the use that is bad.

Expropriation of land (any land) by a government and transfer of that land to a private, for profit, corporation is the problem. Eminent domain should not be used for the benefit of corporations, it should be used directly for the benefit of the commons only.

If the government feels that industrial use is so important to the common benefit of our society, they should own the land and lease it.

That's is where we are free to disagree. In my opinion a manufacturer that will provided thousands of jobs to the region and probably 1000's of spin off manufacturing jobs will provide a common benefit to our society, so I have no problem with expropriation in this case. 

A land assembly of this size would be impossible without expropriation.