Rent control is an ineffective band aid over the gaping wound caused by proposition 13, ZIRP and San Francisco's landed gentry working day and night to kill all

Rent control is an ineffective band aid over the gaping wound caused by proposition 13, ZIRP and San Francisco's landed gentry working day and night to kill all forms of new development. America has a weird obsession with ripping off these ineffectual band aids while pretending the gaping wound doesn't exist. Absolutely coincidentally the 1%'s propaganda mouthpieces would have you believe that your real problem is rent control and occupational licensing for cat groomers: http://www.cato.org/blog/occupational-licensing-it-isnt-just-doctors-lawyers-any-more http://www.cato.org/blog/occupational-licensing-it-isnt-just... http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-274.html http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-274.html ... but you've gotta be "fair" to the people who extract eye watering rents: http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/property-ownership-fairness-act-protecting-property-rights http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/property-ownersh...