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New York governor approves short-term apartment rental ban in NYC

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Post by ugh »

w00pla wrote: post #140
Psyonic wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Should someone really be allowed to get children if they cannot afford them?" Probably not, but there's the rub. How do we prevent this? Perhaps if we refuse to bail them out... but are you willing to watch a child starve to death? Will you be the one to pull the plug?

The first thing would be to refuse child grants so to prevent adults from getting children, in order to get welfare. Awarding people for getting children is wrong and stupid. The second thing is to force mothers to reveal the father of their children. Many do not inform the state who the father is, therefore forcing the taxpayer to pay for raising the child instead of the father. And probably the best option would be…

Why is it suddenly fair for the government to make such extreme intrusions (forced to reveal information, sterilization) when before it wasn’t (taking aways money).

Re: New York governor approves short-term apartment rental ban in NYC

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Post by w00pla »

ugh wrote: post #141
w00pla wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The first thing would be to refuse child grants so to prevent adults from getting children, in order to get welfare. Awarding people for getting children is wrong and stupid. The second thing is to force mothers to reveal the father of their children. Many do not inform the state who the father is, therefore forcing the taxpayer to pay for raising the child instead of the father. And probably the best option would be…

Why is it suddenly fair for the government to make such extreme intrusions (forced to reveal information, sterilization) when before it wasn’t (taking aways money).

Because the nature of economy changed. In the old times, any able bodied person could do manual labour. Now manual labour isn't needed that much (industrialisation, etc...).

Another reason is longer life expectancy and subsidized health care. In the old days, a person inclined to irresponsible reproduction will not live that much longer than a person without. Now there are many countries with an average fertility rate well over 6.

Another reason is that it reproductive responsibility has been shown to work. Compare China to every 3rd world country (e.g. 50 African countries and India). Their one child policy not only stopped untold misery, but created the bedrock for future prosperity.

Re: New York governor approves short-term apartment rental ban in NYC

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Post by fmora »

mikecane wrote: post #129
fmora wrote: post #118

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I'm a native. Never heard of this. We must be on different economic classes. I come from a working class and so does everybody I grew up with.

Did you never have to look for an apartment in The Village Voice?

Village Voice? That is so las decade.

Re: New York governor approves short-term apartment rental ban in NYC

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Post by mikecane »

fmora wrote: post #143
mikecane wrote: post #129

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Did you never have to look for an apartment in The Village Voice?

Village Voice? That is so las decade.

Yes, but that was my entire point of citing native NYer. From the 1970s on, the Voice was a go-to place for apartments for young people, which also included tons of Short-Term Rental ads. And the Times had such ads too for the monied set.

Re: New York governor approves short-term apartment rental ban in NYC

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Post by fmora »

mikecane wrote: post #144
fmora wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Village Voice? That is so las decade.

Yes, but that was my entire point of citing native NYer. From the 1970s on, the Voice was a go-to place for apartments for young people, which also included tons of Short-Term Rental ads. And the Times had such ads too for the monied set.

No, I do not get your point. I was not even born in the 1970s.
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