▲ 805 ▼ Mamdani Threatens 9.5% Property Tax Increase if Wealth Tax Is Not Passed (www.nytimes.com) submitted 5 months ago by avidamoeba@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 237 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/55502152
[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 child) Not if paired with a rent freeze. Obviously. But you knew that already. You're just here to agitate for the bourgeoise. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 child) Economists of all stripes agree rent control doesn't work. A mere 2% think it has positive effects, according to a 2012 survey by the IGM Forum. The analysis of rent control is among the best-understood issues in all of economics, and – among economists anyway – one of the least controversial. In 1992, a poll of the American Economic Association found 93 percent of its members agreeing that 'a ceiling on rents reduces the quality and quantity of housing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_control_in_the_United_States#Commentary NYC renters have suffered enough. Why would you subject them to failed policies like rent control? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chloroken@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago* Rent control isn't rent freeze. But rent control is also a great thing, even if it, like many efforts to support the working class, is consistently derided by the capitalists. You are bad at agitating. Find a new mark, pussy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 child) Economists of all stripes agree rent control doesn't work. A mere 2% think it has positive effects, according to a 2012 survey by the IGM Forum. The analysis of rent control is among the best-understood issues in all of economics, and – among economists anyway – one of the least controversial. In 1992, a poll of the American Economic Association found 93 percent of its members agreeing that 'a ceiling on rents reduces the quality and quantity of housing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_control_in_the_United_States#Commentary NYC renters have suffered enough. Why would you subject them to failed policies like rent control? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chloroken@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago* Rent control isn't rent freeze. But rent control is also a great thing, even if it, like many efforts to support the working class, is consistently derided by the capitalists. You are bad at agitating. Find a new mark, pussy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 months ago* Rent control isn't rent freeze. But rent control is also a great thing, even if it, like many efforts to support the working class, is consistently derided by the capitalists. You are bad at agitating. Find a new mark, pussy. permalink fedilink source parent