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That, or commercial real estate is a powerful lobby group.

• giantrobot 3y ago
  Sounds like a case of "and" rather than "or".
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  • Prime157 3y ago
    That was my main thought. My news feeds have been rife with Musk and RE higher ups complaining about the market "Being a blood bath." Markets disappear. That's part of "the free market." These megalomaniacs only care about "the free market" when they can manipulate it into a control market.
• jareklupinski 3y ago
  yea with the stats about how governments need commercial property tax to balance their books... might not even need a lobbyist; it's already in the powers' best interests
  • Prime157 3y ago
    Similarly, I remember when I went to renew my hybrid car's registration for 4 years around the pandemic. I thought it was going to be like ~$30 x 4. She quoted me nearly $800, and I had a moment of, "What in the.." It was actually that Ohio added $100 for hybrid cars ($200 for EV), because of lost money at the pump.