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This is a frustration for those who see themselves as planning for the future. The obvious renter vs. landlord issue going on right now is a huge talking point

This is a frustration for those who see themselves as planning for the future. The obvious renter vs. landlord issue going on right now is a huge talking point. Many renters haven't paid for over a year because they were "protected" even though many of them didn't stop working and even if they did they got unemployment benefits that more than made up their income. Landlords are not oblivious to this fact and are frustrated at having to subsidize the renters...but the government is rewarding it because "think of the poor people". Example: https://www.yahoo.com/news/evicted-despite-federal-moratorium-not-121812674.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/evicted-despite-federal-moratoriu... >Dejonae King, 33, held back tears after she lost her eviction appeal. King was laid off from Walgreens and has been without a job for most of the pandemic. She had not paid the $253 weekly rent on her one-bedroom apartment since July 2020. So where did her unemployment money go? $600/week extra initially and now "only" $300/week extra. She is $14K overdue in rent...and seems surprised that she will eventually be kicked out.

maerF0x0 5y ago
And a big part of my point is that baseline responsibility is to have 6 months of money in the bank. Those who are financiall responsible and sat on 6months money instead of getting a $1000 iphone or a instagrammable moment still paid their rent. But those who were marginally able to save that money up, but chose instead to burden themselves with one time or recurring costs? Those irresponsible people got say they couldnt pay their rent and someone else had to bear the burden for their irresponsibility in the past. Now here's the kicker that I am really confounded by -- irresponsible people are by far the majority, and democracies are (basically) majority rules. So how can the government do anything but continue to create rules that create an optimal experience for irresponsible people, meaning the responsible ones are incentivized to being irresponsible too.

maerF0x0 5y ago

And a big part of my point is that baseline responsibility is to have 6 months of money in the bank. Those who are financiall responsible and sat on 6months money instead of getting a $1000 iphone or a instagrammable moment still paid their rent. But those who were marginally able to save that money up, but chose instead to burden themselves with one time or recurring costs? Those irresponsible people got say they couldnt pay their rent and someone else had to bear the burden for their irresponsibility in the past. Now here's the kicker that I am really confounded by -- irresponsible people are by far the majority, and democracies are (basically) majority rules. So how can the government do anything but continue to create rules that create an optimal experience for irresponsible people, meaning the responsible ones are incentivized to being irresponsible too.