The American dream - work hard, be persistent, purchase your home and it will be yours. . . NOT! Under current eminent domain laws, we ALL run the risk of having our homes/property taken by our government for no discernable reason. All over America, the government is using vague eminent domain laws to condemn private property for reasons that in no way affect the "public good", paying the owners about half the property's value and using tax-payers dollars to do it! Our fore-fathers addressed eminent domain in our constitution and our government today is abusing their power and OUR tax dollars to take the hard-earned property of American citizens on a whim. The only way to stop this injustice is to petition our government officials to change these laws and place tighter restrictions on the government in order to protect the citizens of the United States and what is rightfully theirs.