That's one way to look at it...

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depends on if it's a privately owned prison or not. the privately owned prisons charge you for being imprisoned there.

​@@picksey4736 What do they do if you don't pay? Kick you out? Lol

​@@picksey4736Wait a second there are private-owned prisons?!? I cannot even begin to imagine how many ethical, moral and practical problems that poses... Then again, it is the US.

Wow you're exactly right! And most people just want the discoverability and completely ignored what Airbnb was and what it wasn't.

NYC actually made airbnbs for less than 30 days illegal in late 2023.

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The more general solution to this is just to tax the land itself based on the value people would pay to use it (without improvements). That way the property developers have to pay _their_ rent back to the community in exchange for depriving everyone else of the space, which means they have to actually put it to an efficient use, instead of just collecting checks while providing nothing in return. It also replaces all other taxes, which means people keep what they earn, as rent cannot rise to pass on the tax, unlike other things. Because it changes the incentives directly, it works _with_ the market instead of against it, and doesn't create so many loopholes and unintended consequences like top down attempts do. Eventually this leads to vastly improved urban structure and economic participation by the local community, and an abundance of affordable housing as properties compete with each other. Obviously there are a lot of complexities and specifics to this - it's called land value taxation, and is often part of a larger economic philosophy called georgism, if you are interested in reading more.

@@XIIchiron78 Has this actually been implemented anywhere in the world?

Indeed. And making a cult pay taxes is just the cherry on top.

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@@SystemBD Except he didn't and they didn't. All that really happened is the dude lived in a hotel for a few years and is pending jail time.

Jong unies?

Yeah wait hold on suddenly I'm completely on his side, give him the hotel

But in reality the conquistadors won.

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Who would want to stay in a hotel room anyway. Aint they super sparse. Or did you get more than an average apartment for 200 dollars 5 years ago. Id hate to live in such a place anyway.

@@Djuntas With a rent around $3.34/month, I think I could make it work

@@CraigChrist8239 Each their own, but having no sofa or proper TV...Well fuck no kitchen. I cba. Im the weakest link for sure, but I need my shit. Id love to know how he lived through, or if he upgraded the place. When I picture new york hotel room I just imagine a small box, bed, 1 stool and toilet thats prolly OK .

He asked her to steal it

Yeah, that one seemed weird to me. They support Korean unification and oppose Communism, that's like the two things I know about them. (Well, that and the mass marriages.)

Yeah, the only connection is Sun Myung Moon was born in what is now NK.

Aren't they South Korean? That's where they are suuuuuuuuper big.

This is true. I grew up in the moonies (no longer one, at all) and thought that was a bit of a stretch. IIRC, when moonman was born there was no distinction yet between North and South Korea.

This is almost the exact metaphor I was looking for

being griddy is a new yorker's pastime

Why is there an identical comment two posts above by a different person in the same time period?

@@stylesrj Bots steal comments and repost them to make their accounts seem more legit.

@@NYKevin100 I know, but then how does that one two posts above get hundreds of likes? Also bots?

omg astrum español, i love Astrum

I mean, Colombus was alive over 500 years ago, and his first son had 5 children, so it seems fairly likely that it's true. But you could also likely say that of most of South America.

Less nuts than the Moonies? Nah

I mean, that's totally plausible. There are quite a few descendants of Columbus out there

I think that cinches it. If I were a descendant of Columbus I would never admit it to anyone. That this guy is bragging about it shows he is not thinking well at all.

The only difference between a cult and a religion is whether or not the founder has died yet.

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It's Toby in season 10, but she might show up in The Getaway

I get the sense that maybe she doesn't want to show her face (which I understand), but it would be fun to see her and have a face to put with the name.

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I still wouldn't have really felt bad for the large hotel. Barretto just went a bit too far and didn't go hard enough against the Moonies.

In fact no church should own an hotel and get such a tax cut!. They might get tax cut for 'the rest'. Again USA where justice is able to create N-tier treatment.

​@@MrGksarathyyeah he went one step worse than cult, he became a landlord 🤮🤮🤮

why did you feel bad for a corporation in the first place lmfao this one hotel room isnt hurting their bottom line significantly, this isn't a mom and pop bed and breakfast its a 94 yr old corporation

Stealing New York: 🇺🇸

I did the second before

​@@bruhz_089Did you survive tho? I can't stand them for 5 minutes

@@Redwan777Blindfold and Earplugs (for you, not them).

That's "business as usual" in New York, assuming the magazine is under $1000.

they would still lose cause the law is pretty clear about it, he could get a 6 month lease. the judge just messed up the ruling by saying he had a possion of the room which is not what the law said, but a judge rule is still enforcable until revoked. the department in charge of this had to break the hotel proprety instead of giving him the entire hotel. until of course the hotel went back to court and got it back to only a 6 month lease

@@MrDragonorp He doesn't just get a 6 month lease because he wants one, he still needs to pay for stuff, which he didn't from the very start. That alone should have been a win for the hotel. Unless I'm misunderstanding what the video meant by "the hotel didn't send anyone to court the first time", they royally screwed up.

Isn't there some song referring to it as the "Hoosegow Hotel" or something?

gets away with NOT paying a lot of taxes

Hey Mickey, you're so fine...

@@stormbobew

Yeah, pointless garbage sounds like his style. Maybe they could put a gay black chick as the main character in the theatrical release

The wish list you send him each year legally works as a warrant.

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Not breaking and entering if you're invited.

Child: "Why does Santa only come once a year?" Parent: "Because the rest of the year he is in prison for breaking and entering."

Say more right now

He's kinda responsible himself for associating with the cult and appointing at least 12 other cult associates for government position-

ehh abe wasa huge L of a leader tbh

only beaten by The Hotel hotel

When does the New Yorker become the New Yorkest?

@@squishy-tomato lol

It’s not tax free in the way a church property is tax free. Not sure the specifics

Yeah I don't get it either. I can understand that having property tax on a church essentially limits your ability to go to church if you're broke. But this is for profit, like you said. Actually insane. I also feel like any church that overcharges and makes a profit should be treated as a business, not as a religious institute. That means capping the salary and bonuses that employees at a religious institute can receive. But that will all never happen, probably.

@@JustinOkamoto Ya - the comments on this issue show me that people know nothing about the UC. Such ignorant superficial comments