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Well that's good news — at least it's one-and-done and won't divert resources and money from SNW.
Whaaa... Wasn't this going to be a show? When did that happen?
My expectations for this show could not be any lower.
I see the media's extreme reluctance in calling white people "terrorists" continues.
Their premise is that the free market drove up the price of houses. Deregulation that is to say end of social housing programs led to this.
Yes and no - lack of supply led to this. It doesn't really matter where the supply comes from. More social housing would certainly be good though.
Is that not neo-liberal? High construction costs come mainly from high cost of labor. The market driving up costs isn’t free market?
Do... do you think that business owners like having higher labour costs? I don't think I've ever seen someone on the left complain about higher worker wages.
What protectionist policies are there?
Try building a residential property and see how many hoops you have to jump through.
When have property values been under threat of dropping.
If supply were to increase, prices will drop. This is good for everyone except those who think their house is a retirement fund.
They’ve been ever increasing due to market demand.
You forgot half of the "supply and demand" equation.
You say “lack of good investment”. Others say investors determined housing was a prime investment.
Exactly... Whereas housing shouldn't be an investment. If its value outpaces inflation, it becomes less and less affordable to new buyers.
Exactly, especially to placate a country with no electronics manufacturing industry to speak of. How would Apple even meet that 40% target, and how is that number defined? Is it by % of material cost, or size, or weight, or what?
Blackmail is a terrible way to attract investment to your country. This is like Elon suing advertisers who left Twitter after he told them to fuck off.
Jakarta is seeking to boost investment from foreign tech companies with restrictive measures that require their phones to be 40 per cent sourced from parts in Indonesia.
Absolutely ridiculous policy. Imagine if every country pulled this stunt.
It sure would be nice if folks on the left stopped using the term "neoliberal" as shorthand for "something I don't like". Words have meanings. A neoliberal housing policy would be a bunch of 5-over-1 in mixed zoning. The housing crisis is caused by many factors:
- sky-high construction costs
- restrictive zoning
- lack of co-op condos due to insufficient startup finding
- protectionist policies designed to shield homeowners from any drop in property value
- too-low interest rates for the past few dacades
- lack of other good investment options
- increased prominence of REITs and real estate holdings in pension funds etc
Same. I wouldn't put this past Hamas at all, but I'm going to need another source.
Who are these articles for? All those MAGAs who feel strongly about climate change, or Dems who would have voted for Trump if he's commit to GHG reduction?
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I don't think I've seen anyone else here with an 8:9 monitor, so I'll break the ice! The color theme is Layan Light; everything else is stock KDE.
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cygnus
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Absolutely. It's like how if you're poor and crazy, you're crazy; but if you're rich and crazy, you're eccentric.