▲ 148 ▼ Biden considering executive action to close southern border, sources say (www.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by queermunist@lemmy.ml to c/news@lemmy.world 194 comments fedilink hide all child comments And you all told me the blue maga border bill that Republicans rejected was 4d chess.
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml [S] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Reducing demand does no favors either because the cost of living is artificial. Demand is irrelevant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's definitely still relevant. If everyone just said fuck it n moved into Hooverviles tomorrow, cost of housing would go down with no one to occupy/ pay for the housing. They are restricting supply. The only way to combat it beyond asking for legislators to actually do their fucking job is to decrease demand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml [S] -5 points 2 years ago* They're restricting supply by buying up empty housing and hoarding it (and manipulating zoning laws and buying off city councils and getting the "right" ordinances passed etc). There isn't actually a shortage of housing, just a shortage of "available" housing. You can't fix that by shutting down the border. They'll just hoard even more to compensate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it's definitely still relevant. If everyone just said fuck it n moved into Hooverviles tomorrow, cost of housing would go down with no one to occupy/ pay for the housing. They are restricting supply. The only way to combat it beyond asking for legislators to actually do their fucking job is to decrease demand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml [S] -5 points 2 years ago* They're restricting supply by buying up empty housing and hoarding it (and manipulating zoning laws and buying off city councils and getting the "right" ordinances passed etc). There isn't actually a shortage of housing, just a shortage of "available" housing. You can't fix that by shutting down the border. They'll just hoard even more to compensate. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml [S] -5 points 2 years ago* They're restricting supply by buying up empty housing and hoarding it (and manipulating zoning laws and buying off city councils and getting the "right" ordinances passed etc). There isn't actually a shortage of housing, just a shortage of "available" housing. You can't fix that by shutting down the border. They'll just hoard even more to compensate. permalink fedilink source parent