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Now would be a good time for a general rent strike until the government steps in to help small businesses

JadeNB 7y ago
> Now would be a good time for a general rent strike until the government steps in to help small businesses If we're talking about the US here, 'until' seems to be an optimistic presumption that our government has any intentional of helping small businesses.
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  >If we're talking about the US here, 'until' seems to be an optimistic presumption that our government has any intentional of helping small businesses. There are dozens of articles of Trump taking something to congress today apparently to do just this https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-trump-economic-stimulus-20200317-zpsv5weei5gexphfrbog6g2eyq-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus... >Mnuchin planned to outline that roughly $850 billion package to Senate Republicans at a private lunch, with officials aiming to have Congress approve it this week. and >“The Senate will not adjourn until we have passed significant and bold new steps above and beyond what the House has passed to help our strong nation and our strong underlying economy weather this storm," McConnell said.
  - JadeNB 7y ago
    Ah, good point. Pandemics make even ISPs and Trump seek to be seen to be acting in the public good. (But not Charter, and not hoarders.)
    - ryanmercer 7y ago
      Yeah, politicians need voters to not completely hate them so they can get re-elected. Imagine if instead politicians were selected by lottery, served shorter terms, and had their appointments staggered. I wonder if any authors have given this a shot in fiction, I'd read it.
      - JadeNB 7y ago
        Well, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery_in_Babylon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery_in_Babylon , but not in the realistic spirit that you probably intended. (There's also HHGttG's https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ruler_of_the_Universe https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ruler_of_the_Universe , again in a different spirit.)
        ryanmercer 7y ago
        The Lottery in Babylon sounds worth a read, thanks!
- ukabwlsbeux 7y ago
  I mean, yeah, that’s the point of a rent strike. To apply pressure

> Now would be a good time for a general rent strike until the government steps in to help small businesses If we're talking about the US here, 'until' seems to be an optimistic presumption that our government has any intentional of helping small businesses.

ryanmercer 7y ago
>If we're talking about the US here, 'until' seems to be an optimistic presumption that our government has any intentional of helping small businesses. There are dozens of articles of Trump taking something to congress today apparently to do just this https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus-trump-economic-stimulus-20200317-zpsv5weei5gexphfrbog6g2eyq-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-nw-coronavirus... >Mnuchin planned to outline that roughly $850 billion package to Senate Republicans at a private lunch, with officials aiming to have Congress approve it this week. and >“The Senate will not adjourn until we have passed significant and bold new steps above and beyond what the House has passed to help our strong nation and our strong underlying economy weather this storm," McConnell said.
- JadeNB 7y ago
  Ah, good point. Pandemics make even ISPs and Trump seek to be seen to be acting in the public good. (But not Charter, and not hoarders.)
  - ryanmercer 7y ago
    Yeah, politicians need voters to not completely hate them so they can get re-elected. Imagine if instead politicians were selected by lottery, served shorter terms, and had their appointments staggered. I wonder if any authors have given this a shot in fiction, I'd read it.
    - JadeNB 7y ago
      Well, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery_in_Babylon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery_in_Babylon , but not in the realistic spirit that you probably intended. (There's also HHGttG's https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ruler_of_the_Universe https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ruler_of_the_Universe , again in a different spirit.)
      - ryanmercer 7y ago
        The Lottery in Babylon sounds worth a read, thanks!
ukabwlsbeux 7y ago
I mean, yeah, that’s the point of a rent strike. To apply pressure