Mayor calls housing plan 'communist'

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | 05/20/2006 | Brittany Wallman

[P-40]

Why would you not want condos downtown? It beats having people commute and for some people, it is all they can afford.

[Niteranger68]

Naugle 2008!!!

[nosofar]

You'd think by this time most people would realize communism doesn't work and is doomed to failure by human nature alone.

Communism is fine for small groups of people. Probably few enough that they can know either other. It's disaster for a society of any size at all.

[Panzerfaust]

Who has the sofa sitting-beer drinking-schlock pinglist?

Anyone?

This guy has it:

[goldstategop]

Housing prices in Florida are lower compared to prices in California. But for some - that's still too high and they want to impose controls on what developers and sellers can charge for home sales.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[John Jorsett]

I bet he was thinking of both, got the two mixed up, and came up with a kind of hybrid: "schlub" + "schmuck" = "schlock".

Possibly, but schlock is a real word too. Given that, it's hard to know if it was a verbal typo or a malaprop.

[ex-Texan]

The market will take care of itself. No big deal. Condo flippers are already losing big bucks in Florida. Here is a report about people who have lost $ 50,000 to $ 80,000 in the past few months. Ought to titled 'Flippers Flopping in Florida' or some other clever iteration: Palm Beach Post

Like I said before, 'no big deal.' Read More? The free market will work very quickly to eliminate newby property speculators and local wanna bees. Most of the major players have already pulled out.

[CBart95]

Whatever!

Rush Limbaugh just mentioned this item and the Mayor sounds like a real decent American who "gets it".

If the housing prices are too high, work harder to afford them or get out of town, you low lifes.

The government is not your Dutch Uncle or Santa Claus. No free handouts here.

Hear?

[AlaskaErik]

War/combat veterans deserve that kind of subsidy.

I'm an Afghanistan veteran and I don't believe my country owes me anything extra. I consider it a duty and a privilege to serve. Living in the greatest country of all time is my reward.

[xrp]

It's nice to see someone in office who speaks the truth rather than just focusing on saying whatever will get him the most votes. Saying what they think will get them the most votes is what has F--KED UP the Republican Party and turned it into the Democrat-LITE Party.

[dakine]

Make it five or six....

[xrp]

So you think Americans should have two or three jobs to afford a decent place to live?

If that is what it takes to afford that certain person's accepted "decent place" standard, yep.

Do YOU think Americans should be able to vote away money from me so that they can afford what they think is a "decent place" to live?

[dakine]

If the desire is a certain house, five or six jobs may be needed...put the family to work too...

[xrp]

Does that make me a communist?

I have no idea, why are you asking me?