Vacancy glut in SF could spur tax on empty storefronts

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[–]CA_Taxpayer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've read a few articles about this over the last year that are more in-depth. Tomorrow, I will try to dig them up and post links. This article really glosses over the biggest problems with leasing retail space: 1. Landlords are terrified of mom and pops and only want to lease to big chains and 2. the city has made retail use too narrow... and they've eliminated the kinds of uses that are the hottest growing markets these days. For example, new mini-marts can't sell alcohol and fitness centers aren't allowed on ground level street-facing storefronts... so there are a lot of businesses who just aren't allowed into these vacant buildings.

[–]dcjogger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Communists destroy businesses with regulations and then tax them when they fail.

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[–]happysmash27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hey, give credit where credit is due -_-! As an Anarcho-Communist, this is what I specifically promote not doing in order to create a gift economy. I believe that excessive regulations are what force people to use money in the first place, and support no tax for things like these so people are able to give things away for free.

[–]dcjogger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.