"It’s unpopular, but I want to quadruple the council tax on homes"

Inside Housing quotes the Government's Empty Homes Tsar who wants to quadruple Council Tax on empty homes. http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/tenancies/councils-should-quadruple-tax-on-empty-homes/6526129.articleThe people's responses act as a reminder that we work in a field with a very wide wide spectrum of opinion and understanding. The response by 'Daedalus' is fabulous. It infers that Our Tsar's campaign might be a tad Marxist. I'm confused. A Tsar, Marxist? Daedalus can't be referring to Karl.