George Grapman wrote:
> Rudy Canoza wrote:
>> jenius wrote:
>>> On May 10, 9:51 pm, "OneTwoThree" <you...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> In response to the Supreme Court decision that sup****ted the rights
of
>>>> government to use the process of eminent domain to seize private
>>>> property
>>>> and turn it over to developers, the leftist California legislature
>>>> refused
>>>> to do anything to clarify or condemn this decision
>>>>
>>>> Fortunately, we in California have the right of initiative, meaning
>>>> we can
>>>> do what our legislature is to cowardly or corrupt to do themselves.
>>>>
>>>> This upcoming election, we are being presented with two initiatives
>>>> designed
>>>> to address this cowardly Supreme Court.and their idiotic eminent
domain
>>>> issue.
>>>>
>>>> Both propositions on our ballot limit the ability of government to
>>>> seize
>>>> private property in order to turn it over to private developers.
>>>>
>>>> One goes a step further, and throws rent control into the mix,
>>>> making it
>>>> unconstitutional (in California only) to impose rent control.
>>>>
>>>> I'll have to admit, I'm ambivalent on this one. As one who rented
>>>> for many
>>>> years, I have an innate and inborn resentment towards greedy
>>>> landlords who
>>>> fail to maintain their property with any regularity or alacrity yet
>>>> never
>>>> fail to raise rents as often as possible.
>>>>
>>>> On the other hand, what is rent control but government telling a
>>>> property
>>>> owner what he can and cannot do with his property?
>>>>
>>>> I truly have an open mind on this topic. I would appreciate cogent
>>>> arguments
>>>> in favor of rent control.
>>>>
>>>> No, not the usual leftist crap about poor people, but a rationale
which
>>>> convinces me that rent control is justified where eminent domain
>>>> seizure of
>>>> property to give to developers is not.
>>>>
>>>> Any of you libs and leftists want to give it a shot?
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>
>>> rent control should be legal in every state, poor people can work up
>>> to 60 hrs. a week and still not be able to pay rent. in my rural state
>>> you also have to have a car to work almost any where. greedy
>>> landlords are creating homelessness.
>>
>> Rent control should be ended, period. You do not have a right to any
>> particular residence. If you can't afford it, move. High rents have
>> nothing to do with homelessness.
>
> Why stop there? Let's eliminate regulation of interest on credit cards
> and loans. If you can't pay the interest don't take the loan.
There should be no price controls of any kind.
In fact, it seems to me there isn't much regulation of credit card
interest rates at all. It used to be the nearly universal maximum rate
was 18% per year, but I now see rates up in the 22% range. But your
point is exactly right: don't borrow the money if you can't afford the
cost of it.
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