tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post1253427325874194537..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: In the 'Human Rights' Utopia Deadbeat Tenants Have Rights, Landlords Not So Muchscaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-66704967166145625372011-02-25T06:51:24.279-05:002011-02-25T06:51:24.279-05:00Well, that sounds fair. But the people in the Poli...Well, that sounds fair. But the people in the Politburo, they get to have a nice dacha on the Baltic, right?scaramouchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-39822110729435700052011-02-24T23:07:43.544-05:002011-02-24T23:07:43.544-05:00It gets worse. George Monbiot (is there a greater...It gets worse. George Monbiot (is there a greater idiot?) suggests the government use the citizen's "housing footprint" to measure how much real estate a person is occupying and have the government tax the excess or force the extra rooms to be shared.<br /><br /><i>"While most houses are privately owned, the total housing stock is a common resource. Either we ensure that it is used wisely and fairly, or we allow its distribution to become the starkest expression of inequality."</i><br />http://www.monbiot.com/2011/01/03/home-rule/Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397322012908074900noreply@blogger.com