1.0Independence Institutehttps://i2i.orgHealth Care Policy Centerhttps://i2i.org/author/healthcare/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="f4XlAfWzYM"><a href="https://i2i.org/the-perils-of-publicly-subsidized-private-piggy-banks/">The Perils of Publicly-Subsidized Private Piggy Banks</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://i2i.org/the-perils-of-publicly-subsidized-private-piggy-banks/embed/#?secret=f4XlAfWzYM" width="600" height="338" title="“The Perils of Publicly-Subsidized Private Piggy Banks” — Independence Institute" data-secret="f4XlAfWzYM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Three separate incidents in the last month have shown that some people have no qualms about using other peoples businesses as their own private piggy banks. In Denver, officials think that some families of four with an income of $51,000 deserve subsidized housing. Rather than build subsidized housing with general tax revenues, they plan to tax new homeowners by requiring that developers either include affordable units in their projects or pay a $150,000 fee for every housing unit built.[1]https://i2i.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/i2i_building_facebook_1200x630.jpg1200630