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Nevertheless, if the rules were known in advance, it seems the game is fair. For example if you ponder buying a plot of land, presumably the rules there would
by nf8nnfufuu 7y ago
Nevertheless, if the rules were known in advance, it seems the game is fair.
For example if you ponder buying a plot of land, presumably the rules there would factor into your decision. If there was already a rule of "no skyscrapers", then everybody could have factored that into their decision.
It would likewise be unfair to change rules after the fact, because it would devalue people's investments.
As for tax rules, I can't comment. But that is a fault of the government, not of the landlords.
- nikanj 7y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/19/upshot/forty-percent-of-manhattans-buildings-could-not-be-built-today.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/19/upshot/forty-... Alas, mostly the rules have changed quite a bit to favour the incumbetents and the grandfathered-ins
- nf8nnfufuu 7y agoand who gets to change the laws? If it is the current residents at the time, maybe that is fair, too?