Cali state senator introduces bill to have state buy burned-out lots and build...

Meet California state senator Ben Allen, who recently introduced a bill (SB 549) to allow the state to buy properties burned by the January fires in L.A. *and* use those lots to build low-income apartments for the homeless--and "justice-involved individuals," which is Dem-gobblespeak for criminals.

Meanwhile in NYC the Democrat candidate for New York City mayor (Zohran Mamdani) was caught on video pushing for “the abolition of private property.”

Seriously.

Momdani also supports abolishing prisons and defunding the police.  He's a Uganda-born Muslim, though his ideas would be equally crappy no matter what group he belonged to.
 
What do these two seemingly unrelated things--N.Y. and L.A.--portend?

You probably already know, but for naive young Americans I'll explain: Under communism the government provides for everyone.  Sounds fabulous, eh?  And if you're "connected"--a loyal supporter of the Democrat Partei--it is.  Cuz dat mean you can get an ocean-view apartment in Pacific Palisades rent-free.  Great, eh?

You bet.  Problem is, the money to buy the land your faaaabulous "free" apartment sits on had to come from somewhere, right?  Same for the money needed to *build* your faaabulous apartment, right?

So where d'ya think that money came from, eh?

"Connected" Dem voter: "Why should I care about that?  That doesn't matter, as long as I get my ocean-view apartment for $100 a month!"

Ah, of course.  Totally predictable.  Of course the money came from taxes paid by some poor working shmuck.

(Tapping my fingers while waiting for the penny to drop.)

(If it didn't...) What happens when most Americans are takers and only a handful pay any income tax, eh?

Democrats: "Dat not possible, citizen!  Look at all dem privately-owned homes!  Dey haz t'pay 'property taxes' to run duh skools an' duh po-leece an' fire departments, an' fill duh potholes!  An' duh salaries of ouah faaaabulous city and county workerz!  

So we'll jus' get ouah faaabulous property assessors tuh raise dere taxes a li'l bit!  Dey got t'pay or we put a "tax lien" on dere home!  If dey don' pay up in two years we foreclose an' sell dere home at a "tax sale."  Dey knows dat, so dey pay...an' pay an' pay!  It's great!

"So say a home-owner iz payin' $5,000 a year in property tax.  We guud Dems increase dis to $6,000.  It all done thru "escrow accounts" by duh mortgage companies, so if homeowner sees his or her monthly mortgage payment go up by $833 a month, dey complain to...duh mortgage company!  

"Multiply a thousand bucks a year by a million homes in L.A. county an' dat give us a BILLION dollahs a year!  Yaaaay!"

"So we kin build all duh low-income apartments we wants, wherever we want!  An' have enough left over to give all city and county workers a huge pay raise!  Yay!"

Source.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/07/in_fire_ravaged_los_angeles_an_idea_so_bad_even_its_sponsor_has_now_disowned_it.html