There is nothing better for an economy than to destroy valuable assets.
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Hell, the same people want to “crush” all existing coal-fired power plants and replace with with greenie weenie solar and wind plants. Same economic principle. Destroy a perfectly good asset to create an artificial demand for a replacement asset.
One program I WOULD strongly favor would be the “crushing” of all the houses in Chevy Chase, Georgetown, Bethesda, Arlington and Alexandria — for starters.