Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty

Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty by alanlamm on Monday March 18, 2019 @09:45PM (#19427327)

While we are at it, lets tax the vacant hours of the unemployed - those evil speculators who are consipiring to restrict the supply of labor. That will encourage them to work and thereby be able to afford all that brand new housing!

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Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty by marnett on Monday March 18, 2019 @10:07PM (#19427464)

We call it the opioid tax and it works pretty effectively at eliminating the unemployed.

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Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty by alanlamm on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:46AM (#19451176)

the objective of the tax would not be to eliminate the unemployed, but rather to put them to work

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Re:Barcelona Fines Landlords Who Let Buildings Sit Empty by Scoundreller on Monday March 18, 2019 @11:09PM (#19427749)

Lazy athletes performing 2-3 hours a night for 75 days a year and retiring at 35.

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