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> However, I have no sympathy for your argument. It is essentially, "I don't like the way people are voting so we should find a way to run them out of town." T
by mavelikara 11y ago
> However, I have no sympathy for your argument. It is essentially, "I don't like the way people are voting so we should find a way to run them out of town."
The argument is NOT to run them out of town. The argument is that them not feeling the pinch of high prices encourages them to vote for policies that drive housing supply down, to everyone else's detriment. This comment summarizes it better: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10822124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10822124
- phamilton 11y agoFrom the linked comment: > have not been forced to sell due to real estate taxes We're discussing why high real estate taxes forcing people to sell is "good thing"... That's pretty much running them out of town.
- mavelikara 11y agoI was trying to point out that drewg123 does make a meatier comment than the one you replied to. But your comment elsewhere (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10823456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10823456) indicates that you are well aware and sympathetic to that general line of argument. Like you, at the moment, I am not sure what a proper solution will come up to.