Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Floppies Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:48:26 -0700 Organization: dis Lines: 75 Message-ID: <10apkqa$1ugn4$1@dont-email.me> References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <9DOdncYo-vBzE1r1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <10a8mbc$1q6g1$8@dont-email.me> <10afh2l$3hcc0$1@dont-email.me> <10ag0tf$3l3a7$1@dont-email.me> <10agpn4$3qpp8$2@dont-email.me> <10ah9i6$3v8gp$1@dont-email.me> <10ai0bj$599f$1@dont-email.me> <5FLzQ.110783$OHH2.12315@fx14.iad> <10aoava$1jlb8$1@dont-email.me> <10aocau$1jued$1@dont-email.me> <10aodt0$1k427$1@dont-email.me> <10ap6o2$1qit3$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:48:27 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9c76b8bcb5b716507f0ca73ae34d511d"; logging-data="2048740"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7GDB8v8g2tiLo3l8lV523" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:GL92VSBq2auKhZVSOo9gSxCGe9A= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74761 On 9/21/25 10:28, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:48:18 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote: > >> On 9/21/25 01:44, Richard Heathfield wrote: >>> On 21/09/2025 09:17, Bertel Lund Hansen wrote: >>>> Den 21.09.2025 kl. 09.54 skrev Peter Moylan: >>>> >>>>> In fact studies have shown that there is no housing shortage. There >>>>> are enough empty houses in the country to accommodate every homeless >>>>> person in the country. Once I'm king I'll make a rule that any house >>>>> that lies empty for more than 12 months must be immediately made >>>>> available for rental, at a rent to be set by the agency that looks >>>>> after social housing. >>>> >>>> One might add a rule that limits the number of houses that one person >>>> or family can own/occupy. >>> >>> One might add any number of rules that restrict personal freedom. Why >>> shouldn't people own whatever they can afford to buy? >>> >>> King Peter would do better helping homeless people into paid employment >>> so that they can buy their own homes. >>> >>> >> Or for those houseless who are at low wages demand those wages be > high >> enough that decent housing can be paid for. >> But No Kings Please. > > > That hasn't worked well in this area. Particularly after covid wages > increased to what would have been a fairly comfortable amount but the > rents and single family home prices increased faster. I think the term is > 'inflation'. > > There are several projects to build apartment housing. I assume the > construction costs are highly leveraged based on the projected future > rents equivalent or higher than the current rates and demand. > > I've seen the act before but that time is was office space since the tax > structure encouraged building commercial properties and the banks were > lending for commercial ventures to increase their profits. The first > casualties were the contractors and speculators, then the banks holding > the paper. It wasn't pretty. > > https://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/3_85.pdf > > It was a complex situation. Of course no lessons were learned. The 1999 > Financial Services Modernization Act signed by Clinton ended the > restrictions of the Depression Era Glass-Steagall Act. Certainly the > financial industry had learned its lesson and wouldn't repeat prior > mistakes. Yeah, sure. > > I'm not fond of kings but an enlightened ruler might not be worse than a > bunch of self-serving politicians doing the will of the highest bidder. When Hillary talked about Bill coming back to the White House I almost did not vote for her but the alternative which won was so obviously a crook and incompetent that there was little choice. Bernie Sanders was the better choice than Hillary but you know the DCC made their foolish decision to lose to Trump in 2016. Now Bernie is more popular than every but his age is now a factor to be considered. Both Hillary and Kamala were needed in the Senate so the DCC is too stupid to be believed. I remain an independent voter looking for competency over electability perhaps but maybe someday a competent Republican who will look to Lincoln as an exemplar and who can count more than money will come up out of the wreck that Trump has made of the party. bliss