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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • This is (temporarily) a great thing for anyone who isn’t a landlord but

    “If you’re looking for a rental and you’ve noticed a lot of new apartments popping up in your neighborhood, it may mean you have room to negotiate on price or ask for concessions like discounted parking or a free month’s rent,” said Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari.

    is the exact kind of shit I’d expect to come from a Redfin Senior Economist. Landlords will come together and fix prices. It’s what they always do; “competition for the poors, collaboration for the rich,” is how this country’s economy actually functions.







  • Who could have predicted that printing literal billions of unchecked dollars would have disastrous effects on the economy?

    In a cynical sense, I almost feel like it was Trump’s (Team’s) idea to give out so much money through PPP knowing that the it would take years for the damage to really set in. Surely by 2020, no one on that admin with a brain actually expected a second consecutive term but maybe they could cause enough unstoppable destruction that the Republican (who historically poll “better” for economic issues) nominee for 2024 could cinch a few points from cornerstone communities campaigning on the financial hardships that were caused though Trump’s 2019-2021 administration.