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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by nix0n on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:33PM (#14649676)
> loosening housing regulation is effectively a tax on the current, extremely productive people that live in the Bay Area

No, it's a tax on the landlords. How many producers of value are homeowners and not renters? (At least one person on HN, but I mean proportionally.)

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Re:Despite money and effort, homelessness in SF as bad as ever by muninn_ on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:28PM (#14650526)
Figure out a way of discouraging renters and landlords then. Disallow people from renting homes out or something.
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