> If the government bans cigarettes, should the government then reimburse every shareholder in Philip Morris? No, but that's because Phillip Morris isn't activ

> If the government bans cigarettes, should the government then reimburse every shareholder in Philip Morris? No, but that's because Phillip Morris isn't actively offering anything to the government. A landlord that isn't allowed to evict is. If the government forces them for provide cigarettes to soldiers during a war, they have to pay them to do so. > Someone had to brunt the cost of the pandemic. That's what taxes are for. Even money printing is better. It doesn't make sense for them to target landlords who serve low-income tenants in particular. That would be like forcing grocery stores to offer free food to poor locals. In the short term, it may help some people, but in the long term, grocery stores in poor neighborhoods would simply shut down and everyone would be worse off. That's why we have food stamps instead. > If you get in the game of capital speculation you shouldn't get to go crying to the government when things don't go your way. I agree that land speculation is particularly useless and the government should try to get rid of it, but that's not happening. Property speculation is higher than ever.