Why do rapacious land developers get to whine, blubber "foul!" and accuse local government of stalling construction of a few, measley "low income" housing units in a mostly posh, overpriced project because they, the developers got caught illegally trying to double-dip into public funds? Why do real estate investors get to tear down discussed but lovely old homes and buildings, put up cyclone fencing, and sit for years on a brown-field wasteland? Why do structures destroyed by fire sit for months as a charred, bombed-out rubbish pile, with no regard for neighbors or safety? Why are developers allowed to build huge, brutalist, inhumane, fugly, "affordable" housing boxes, with massive tax abatements, while rich hipsters and city mayors get to live in prestige, luxury townhomes? Capitalism is murder, and Portland's elites are the ultimate bag men.