It's a shame that poor piece of land has to get caught up in all this. It would be so much easier if the govt could just give millions of dollars directly to the rich.
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It would be so much easier if the govt could just give millions of dollars directly to the rich.
Oh but they can already do that, and they do it, e.g. through the Cantillon Effect, or when they bail out "too big to fail" institutions, or foreign borrowers, etc. You just have to be super rich, not average rich.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The government paid £15.3m for a derelict piece of land last month that was sold just over a year ago for £6.3m, it has emerged.
The brownfield site in Bexhill in East Sussex was previously used for Northeye prison and then for a training centre for students from the United Arab Emirates.
Nicola David, of the NGO One Life to Live, who has conducted research into the site, said: “There are many questions to be asked, to which the British public deserves answers.
Home Office sources declined to comment on why the government bought the site for £15.3m on 21 September, more than double the £6.3m paid for it in August 2022.
He said the government should be asked how, at the taxpayers expense, it paid so much for a wholly inappropriate site, where the vendor made £9m profit.
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We are committed to the removal of foreign criminals and those with no right to be in the UK.
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Bexhill immigrant camp.
Guess I should start The Human Project and stock up on Strawberry Cough.