Why are intelligent liberals incapable of seeing unintended consequences?
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The answer has to be that the consequences are intended, no?
I'm a NYC landlord. I own all sorts of crap from co-ops to multi family buildings and everything in-between.
I was perusing through some the landlord vs. tenant threads and there's a common theme: Because of liberal policy, NYC landlords only want to rent to younger, single persons and young couples without children.
So, I'm thinking that the rules which are supposed to protect children and the elderly are actually designed to keep those two groups of renters away from "desirable" areas.
What do those two groups have in common? Well, they produce little or nothing and suck up lots of expensive social services.
I knew liberals were evil and this is more proof :-)
Totally agree Citizenrich. For every stupid anti-landlord regulation, LLs will counter to lower their risk. Ultimately, the very same people who the "regulation" is suppose to protect, get screwed on.
Perfect example is tenants with children and elderly tenants (65 yrs or older). NY has such strict laws protecting these people from eviction that LLs simply opt not to rent to them to avoid having to go through the ordeal. As a result, LLs opt of young professionals where laws are not as strict.
Same goes for the stupid rent stabilization law. In exchange for the added protection tenant gets from RS, the RS tenants gets the bear minimum in service and a crappy, non-renovated apartment.
10,000 plus rounds and not a single malfunction yet. I definitely trust it with my life in DeBlasio's NYC.
Personally I would go with a SIG.
But on the original topic, the real culprit is that the government is trying to regulate private landlords into providing public/affordable housing. The same can be said for infrastructure funding and education. The government should not be relying on private profit driven people and companies.
I choose tenants on their ability to pay and the likelihood that I will taken to L and T court. My best tenants in that regard are non native NYers. They have less if an entitlement mentality.
Totally agree Citizenrich. For every stupid anti-landlord regulation, LLs will counter to lower their risk. Ultimately, the very same people who the "regulation" is suppose to protect, get screwed on.
Perfect example is tenants with children and elderly tenants (65 yrs or older). NY has such strict laws protecting these people from eviction that LLs simply opt not to rent to them to avoid having to go through the ordeal. As a result, LLs opt of young professionals where laws are not as strict.
Same goes for the stupid rent stabilization law. In exchange for the added protection tenant gets from RS, the RS tenants gets the bear minimum in service and a crappy, non-renovated apartment.
Couldn't agree with you more. This is right on target! Same thing goes with my Glock.
Totally agree Citizenrich. For every stupid anti-landlord regulation, LLs will counter to lower their risk. Ultimately, the very same people who the "regulation" is suppose to protect, get screwed on.
Perfect example is tenants with children and elderly tenants (65 yrs or older). NY has such strict laws protecting these people from eviction that LLs simply opt not to rent to them to avoid having to go through the ordeal. As a result, LLs opt of young professionals where laws are not as strict.
Same goes for the stupid rent stabilization law. In exchange for the added protection tenant gets from RS, the RS tenants gets the bear minimum in service and a crappy, non-renovated apartment.
So basically you're saying, things like equal opportunity laws and affirmative action preceded racism and not the other way around. In your case, regulation is the cause of discrimination instead of being a way to prevent discrimination. How about this? NYC realized tenants with children and the elderly were at risk of being discriminated against and passed laws to protect them. However, landlords aren't just going to become good people just because some law told them so, so they found ways to continue their discriminatory tactics. The naivete is in believing people will be decent to one another just because of the law.
I'm puzzled as to why you've framed this a failure of liberal intelligence.
Perhaps first you could address a more important question: What are conservatives incapable of seeing unintended consequences in situations like not wanting to fund education?
I'm guessing, by the way, that you're wrong - I suspect that LLs are happy to have more mature tenants who will be accustomed to paying bills and understand how to be quiet neighbors.
Oh, what an irritating thread, starting with the original troll post that presumes it is liberals who choose who is renting in certain areas instead of ghoulish ultra-conservative, right-wing conservative building owners.
Elderly excluded from the finest neighborhoods??? Are you nuts? The richest neighborhoods are FILLED with the elderly. Twenty-somthings starting underpaid jobs are not rich...it takes a WHILE to pile up a fortune.
And in what dream world are the richest people in the world childless?
Do landlords have a special place they go to regularly to indoctrinate one another in unending levels of stupid twaddle?
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