This was caused by some bureaucrat “taxing the rich” landowner for the makeshift shack that was built on his property without his knowledge. Plausibly, the land

This was caused by some bureaucrat “taxing the rich” landowner for the makeshift shack that was built on his property without his knowledge. Plausibly, the landowner burnt it down to reduce taxes. Sounds like a value destruction event to me. Comments like this make it seem like you have no awareness of how our government works from the inside. That’s a sad failure of civics education. Here’s a basic outline: it takes money from individuals, and gives it to contractors.