Michigan Counties, most notable Wayne County in which Detroit is sited, were stealing money from people in foreclosure for not paying their property taxes by selling the homes and keeping not just the property taxes owing but all the equity in the house that resulted from the sale.
The Michigan Supreme Court finally and property put an end to this practice.
So of course, progressives state that making the counties give back their ill-gotten gains to the homeowners is bad.
The Detroit Free Press: This Michigan Supreme Court ruling could help speculators, not homeowners
Much hand-wringing ensues, with the article claiming that many of the homes foreclosed on for lack of property taxes were owned by "speculators" and not "home owners", as if that is a reason why the government should not disgorge its ill-gotten gains that it got in these sales.
Then the argument is that giving the money back to the owners is too complicated.
Indeed, if anyone but a government did this they would be charged with theft, and they wouldn't get away with failing to pay it back by saying it is too complicated.
An interesting look at the progressive mindset: Theft is good, so long as it is the government that is doing it.
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