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http://www.powerlineblog.com/a...blasio-unplugged.php

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio was interviewed a few days back by New York magazine

He was asked, “In 2013, you ran on reducing income inequality. Where has it been hardest to make progress? Wages, housing, schools?”

De Blasio:

"What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property.

I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be.

I think there’s a socialistic impulse, which I hear every day, in every kind of community, that they would like things to be planned in accordance to their needs. And I would, too.

Unfortunately, what stands in the way of that is hundreds of years of history that have elevated property rights and wealth to the point that that’s the reality that calls the tune on a lot of development."
 
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Oh yes, we all want that, comrade De Blasio...

Edit to add: ...and obviously, it would fix "income inequality"...

 
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Not surprising, but what a fucking idiot. Wonder if he'll offer to surrender his wealth and property to the public.


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This asshole will get re-elected too!


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Originally posted by sdy:
would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be.


And of course he would like to be in the driver seat of those decisions:

Q: "which building goes where?"- which developer will pay me the most money

Q: "how high would it be?"- as much as they'll kick back to me.

Q: "who gets to live in it?"- depends on what favors will go my way

"...it's always been about the money"- John Mc Clain



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Originally posted by BadDogPSD:
Not surprising, but what a fucking idiot. Wonder if he'll offer to surrender his wealth and property to the public.


Private property for me, but not for thee. Ask Cuba and Venezuela how socialism has worked out to better the lot of the commoner. Maybe this is a sign we are headed that way in parts of this nation.




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Truly frightening that he was elected.




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New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio




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Every time you think you heard the stupidest thing you could possibly imagine...a new day dawns


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the people that elected this asshole deserve exactly everything they voted for - and more...if New Yorkers are that stupid that they couldn't figure this guy out, then NY deserves to crumble and rot - and take DeBlasio with it...they are made for each other



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the people that elected this asshole deserve exactly everything they voted for - and more...if New Yorkers are that stupid that they couldn't figure this guy out, then NY deserves to crumble and rot - and take DeBlasio with it...they are made for each other


Be careful what you wish for . . . . Wink (Actually, they may get to that point as a natural consequence of their choices.)




"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it"
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The nonchalant manner in which he and others say shit like that is what strikes me as the most outrageous part, next to the ridiculous idea itself. Hey fuckface... there are a great many people who don't want any such thing, me for one.
 
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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
the people that elected this asshole deserve exactly everything they voted for - and more...if New Yorkers are that stupid that they couldn't figure this guy out, then NY deserves to crumble and rot - and take DeBlasio with it...they are made for each other


Be careful what you wish for . . . . Wink (Actually, they may get to that point as a natural consequence of their choices.)



that might a really good example of urban renewal - much like an earthquake taking out LA, San Francisco and Sacramento...all on the same day - it would be a wonderful thing to have all those socialist enclaves destroyed once and for all

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Every time you think you heard the stupidest thing you could possibly imagine...a new day dawns


When has a liberal politician ever said anything intelligent?
 
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The nonchalant manner in which he and others say shit like that is what strikes me as the most outrageous part, next to the ridiculous idea itself....


I am taking it in a nonchalant manner, otherwise my head would explode. (maybe too late Roll Eyes )




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An extra-bizarre comment because developers in Manhattan are a huge part of the political fundraising scene. You don't want to be on their bad side. But it's not like they're gonna vote for a Republican, right?
 
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What a fucking communist shitstain.

He will, of course, live in the largest suite of the most luxurious and expensive building.

If he agreed to take the smallest, most rodent- and roach-infested efficiency apartment for his entire family and extended family, in the highest crime rate area in NYC, and have that apartment lack alarms, guards, locks on doors or windows, and most important of all, have no one there able to own or carry a gun or any other form of legal or illegal weapon, then, and only then would I tell him his idea for a communist eutopia is absolutely stupid.





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He can't actually make anything productive for society, all he can do is take from others. Not surprising someone like him is in this position, politicians are NOT the best we have to offer - quite the opposite actually.




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Originally posted by BadDogPSD:
Not surprising, but what a fucking idiot. Wonder if he'll offer to surrender his wealth and property to the public.


Well, some animals are more equal than others.....



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Originally posted by TMats:
Every time you think you heard the stupidest thing you could possibly imagine...a new day dawns

I'm still amazed, but seldom surprised.
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