tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post1495779175121061388..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: THE BATTLE IS JOINED: Attack Ads Launched Against California Rent Control PropositionRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46212722730217806452018-10-02T03:11:55.825-04:002018-10-02T03:11:55.825-04:00It's a supply problem. Need more housing units...It's a supply problem. Need more housing units built. But price controls will only make it worse because less motivation to build more units if there is no money in it. <br />But do you think there is something to be said for having laws against buying up masses of properties and then leaving them vacant?<br />Or laws so that once you are in, you cannot raise the rent for 5 years unless the Calebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17084367745727747084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-29607823306094726472018-10-01T23:22:20.394-04:002018-10-01T23:22:20.394-04:00Since it's an emotional argument shouldn't...Since it's an emotional argument shouldn't they show photos and video of NYC in the 1970s and 80s showing what rent control brought? Jimmy Joe Meekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559104650594440766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-28616356329591629942018-09-30T15:18:51.110-04:002018-09-30T15:18:51.110-04:00It's almost certainly absolutely true. You see...It's almost certainly absolutely true. You see the same thing from foreign naturalized immigrants as well. Mexicans vote to turn the state economically into Mexico. Asians vote to turn the state economically into whatever country they came from. Canadians vote to turn the state into Canada.<br /><br />It's always some version of "things would be better here if [the things I want] Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-1421181501678497812018-09-30T14:19:50.831-04:002018-09-30T14:19:50.831-04:00Great advice: argue emotionally to the masses.
P...Great advice: argue emotionally to the masses. <br /><br />Problem is, individuals specialize. Those knowledgeable in economics are generally unskilled in emotional advocacy, and vice versa. Dr. Michael R. Edelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244925990098352638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71418850943475063162018-09-30T02:29:10.013-04:002018-09-30T02:29:10.013-04:00I live in Arizona. It is a common belief, that Ca...I live in Arizona. It is a common belief, that Californians vote for stupid policies and taxes, then when they can no longer afford to live there, they move to Arizona and vote for the same BS that drove them out of CA. I dont know if that is necessarily true, since many of the Californians are very much against the politics that reign supreme there, but I do know that rent controls will end upDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.com