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Rent control is an abomination. If you cannot afford the prevailing rental cost you need to move. Period.
John Donne (1572-1631), Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII: Nunc Lento Sonitu Di****, Morieris:
"Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that."
It doesn’t concern anyone that the Mayor of NYC doesn’t believe in private property?
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What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property,” de Blasio replied. “I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be.”
John Donne (1572-1631), Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII: Nunc Lento Sonitu Di****, Morieris:
"Perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than I am, as that they who are about me, and see my state, may have caused it to toll for me, and I know not that."
If I could not afford it I would move because I understand personal responsibility and living within my means. I do not rely on the government to subsidize my existence.
It doesn’t concern anyone that the Mayor of NYC doesn’t believe in private property?
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What’s been hardest is the way our legal system is structured to favor private property,” de Blasio replied. “I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be.”
This is beyond imagination and makes me glad I live where I do. It amazes me that people accept this kind of nonsense with no thought to where that road goes.
The government isn't some evil entity its made up of elected officials. I believe the government should try to help out working people.
Working people? She is taking advantage of the rent controlled amount to rent it out on Air BnB to make $? How is that working? Plus she has the "dad's" retirement and life insurance which is fully his right to decide to give to her. No problem with that other than calling it an arrangement that is skeevy.
If I could not afford it I would move because I understand personal responsibility and living within my means. I do not rely on the government to subsidize my existence.
Is the government subsidizing her $100 a month rent? Not to mention you do not know her situation in how easy or hard it would be for her to move. And even that doesn't matter. The law matters.
Personal responsibility? Her responsibility is to pay her rent, the landlord's responsibility is to respect that.
In the 80's the news was filled with articles of how Donald Trump harassed the tenants living in the rent control apartments he purchased in order to get them ousted.
Seeing as how people today (they weren't then) seem to be okay with this kind of business dealings, just goes to show me how it is we have a mongrel for a president.
PS: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a business man to get into Heaven.
It's in how a business man deals.
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Gotta ask .....
