Well, if I had to put money on a Colorado city to embrace socialism first…

The gist if this story from channel 7 in Denver is that a mobile home park in Boulder has raised rent by $75 a month, which is hurting the ability of those with a fixed income to remain there.

Now, I support the initial act of the residents, where they raised money themselves to help those that couldn’t afford the rate increase.  However, I disagree with their petition to the city to provide for these people.

Do I have no sympathy?  Hardly.

However, living somewhere for a few decades doesn’t entitle you to always live there.  Like it or not, sometimes life requires you to move to find housing you can afford; it just isn’t fair to any of the other taxpayers out there to require them to pay your rent to keep your current residence.  I can only hope that Boulder denies this request, but I’m not holding my breath.

A new favorite quote of mine:

“It’s amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion.” – Penn Jillette