Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite skipping taxes

Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by candiodari on Thursday November 30, 2017 @12:49AM (#15813763)

The senator in question, by the way, is Diane Feinstein, a longstanding and very senior member of what passes for a "socialist" party in the US.

And how do we fix this ? Obviously this is the result of government being corrupt, and for decades in the pocket of a small group of rich people, regardless of who gets elected.

I mean, this cannot be fixed by more government regulation, since if it so much as forces these people to buy the land they use privately, it immediately gets repealed. Don't tell me that this organisation is going to really raise taxes on them, because ... it's not. It's just not going to do that.

Obviously smaller government is also not the answer. But ...

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by CalChris on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:06AM (#15813971)

Actually, the reason the taxes on this parcel were only $14/yr was Prop 13 and Prop 13 was passed by the Californian electorate. And calling Feinstein any kind of Socialist is a hoot.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by candiodari on Friday December 01, 2017 @11:54AM (#15825119)

That's the point of my comment. She is a democrat, the supposedly left leaning party of the US.

And if a senator personally intervenes on anyone's behalf for personal reasons (like obviously here), that by itself is very wrong in my book. Even if it actually costs them money I would still find it corrupt.

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Re:Wealthy SF residents to get private street back, despite ... by cafard on Thursday November 30, 2017 @10:03AM (#15816220)

Proposition 13 was advocated by that noted socialist Ronald Reagan, when he was governor of California.

[Edit: not 14, 13!]

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