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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by throwawaysea on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @01:57PM (#19503827)
> Do you want your local school to be able to hire teachers, or your local restaurant to be able to get help?

Yes, and they would still be available. If wages/living conditions are not good enough for them and they move away, there would be an under-supply of their labor which would cause their wages to rise, which would self-correct the problem.

Right now, those same people are willing to work for less. This is a personal choice they are making. And I don't think it obligates lower residents to provide lower-cost housing or greater housing supply.

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Re:If You Can’t Afford the Rent, It’s My Problem, Too by asdff on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @05:09PM (#19506049)
In CA there is an under supply of both teachers and wages. The market will not correct even if wages/living conditions are 1:1. There are already people living paycheck to paycheck, unable to generate a dime of savings. There are people who are priced out of cost of living despite holding a job, and they opt to be homeless in an RV or car. Here is a great article about this new class of homeless in CA:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-hidden-homeless-pri...

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