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Damn that’s a nice rent racket
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If you come to the Italian seaside, most beaches are private and the price to sit there is very high ($10 per person onwards, $30pp is not uncommon). Many beach clubs pay only $3k a year to the government for the rent (fixed concession price). Almost a gift to a racket. twitter.com/_happycactus_/…
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Nice racket yes, but what's being paid for is the willingness to charge market price in order to ration supply efficiently. If they were selling it for fair it would be clear they were doing tax farming and would be blameworthy, and the whole point is to offload blame.