State Rep. Uses Sledgehammer To Destroy Homeless People’s Possessions

Posted by Maphesdus 10 years, 12 months ago to News

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So I guess homeless people don't have property rights...?

SOURCE URL: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/11/19/2966371/hawaii-homeless-smash/

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Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 12 months ago

They have rights to *their* property. But, one may ask, from whom do they buy their shopping carts?

Those shopping carts are private property, and just because the politician can't identify them doesn't mean he can destroy them.

That's like saying, I see a car in a parking lot I can't identify, and it happens to be stolen, so I get to smash hell out of it.

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  Posted by MikeMarotta 10 years, 12 months ago
  
  Well the state representative is a Democrat, so you can understand how he might not grasp the complex philosophical issues.
  
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  Posted by khalling 10 years, 12 months ago
  
  does everything distill to Walmart? it's a little scary
  
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    Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 12 months ago
    
    Huh?
    I reread my statement; although I originally had an anecdote about Walmart in it, I deleted it before posting. So where are you getting that I'm distilling everything to Walmart?
    
    Target, your local grocery store, K-Mart, Big Lots, Dollar General.... lots of stores have shopping carts.
    
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      Posted by khalling 10 years, 12 months ago
      
      local bike trail on the river next to walmart in colorado springs. duh
      
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Posted by MikeMarotta 10 years, 12 months ago

Generally speaking, people end up homeless very close to their last homes. Statistically speaking, homeless people did not fly to Hawaii before the last of their cash ran out just to enjoy the surf and sun. These are Hawaiians whose lives collapsed as a result of the very policies promoted and enacted by this representative's own party.

WHO IS JEFF ALLEN?

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  Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 12 months ago
  
  He's an employee of Taggart Transcontinental.
  
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    Posted by MikeMarotta 10 years, 12 months ago
    
    Only in the movie. In the book he was a homeless tramp hitching a ride in the vestibule of Dagny's private car. He became an employee (of sorts) after Dagny appointed him and slipped a C-note into his hand.
    
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      Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 12 months ago
      
      "He became an employee (of sorts) after Dagny appointed him and slipped a C-note into his hand. "
      
      As advance payment for the job she gave him, complete with title. My statement stands.
      He's an employee of Taggart Transcontinental.
      
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        Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 12 months ago
        
        lol Mike wasn't really asking... he was spinning on Who is John Galt... only homeless style.
        The bum on the train is one of my favorite characters.
        
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Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 12 months ago

So another political stunt by a professional pol, what a surprise? The thing of note is how many voter type people will agree with him and voice that the guy speaks for them. But sleeping on a bus stop during the day, I might agree with, but that's not as 'news-worthy' or attention getting.

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