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  One of the most irritating things of all for rural communities is to have the wealthy coming in and buying up village properties, and using these properties for 2 or 3 weeks of the year. It kills community life completely and prices local homes way out of local pockets. Youngsters cannot get on the property ladder. We have seen much anger on this in recent times, in Devon for example and elsewhere in the west country, there was even much of it in Ireland a while back and Wales even had an active militant group attacking such homes.
  
  No doubt France suffers the same blight.
  
  So I imagine this tax is not just about raising money, after all it wouldnt raise that much, but takes a more social view to give local people a chance.
  
  But lets not forget, people with second homes are generally well off and need to pay a bit more. However...when you get round to actually raising more tax from the well- to -do you realise that real people are involved. But....

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