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I'm sure the situation is the same for these people.
My house doesn't scarf up acres of land in the middle of a city, for $14/year. This is a colossal subsidy.
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We don't asses penalties in this country based on the resources of the perpetrator. All are equal before the law (at least that is the aspiration. we obviously fall short in many instances.). And besides, your idea is non sensical. We should confiscate their property knowing that they have the resources to get it back in order to induce some higher lawyer fees and a pain-in-the-ass factor as some kind of penalty incr…
Dude, you're presenting a straw man argument. This entire thread, I've been saying I don't want them to be treated differently. YOU are the one defending special treatment. Isn't that what has happened here?! They've successfully lobbied the city to treat them differently than everyone else? All I was saying is it's harder to feel sorry for them. If you really cared about this issue, I'm sure you could find REAL trag…