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Ah, because it worked so well in SF to ease housing prices! So why don't we expand the program? Will never cease to amaze me just now inept politicians are.
by rubicon33 7y ago
Ah, because it worked so well in SF to ease housing prices! So why don't we expand the program?
Will never cease to amaze me just now inept politicians are.
- roseway4 7y agoSF's (and CA's) housing crisis has it's roots in NIMBY-ism and property tax policy. Both are intertwined and share proponents. Rent control is a bandaid, which isn't to say it's not needed as an emergency measure.
- mc32 7y agoThis reminds me of the approach dictators have to issues. Issue an edict or decree making the problem itself illegal. Problem solved!
- fuzz4lyfe 7y agoSparrows are eating a great deal of the produce grown in California, let's remove them to end food insecurity.
- mc32 7y agoExactly! The “Four Pests Campaign” (除四害) aka the Great Sparrow Campaign (打麻雀运) agree. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign
- phil248 7y agoThis program is vastly different than the program you are criticizing, in case you actually care.
- baby 7y agoIt helps avoiding having one’s rent increase insanely and having to move out.
- travbrack 7y agoThey know exactly what they're doing. It's the constituents who are the problem.