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Re:The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post... by mancerayder on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @03:18PM (#48737895)
Your theory is just that - theory. Just talk to someone who owns property, or do the research. Insurance costs, Up, energy, Up, when something breaks, it costs more to fix it. It's basic input cost math.

I don't know what 'efficiency gains' means here. Maybe you're thinking of car production or software development. Insurance goes up due to climate change, due to insurance companies taking advantage of a poorly regulated environment, whatever other reasons. Energy goes up due to world events, due to more people, due to extreme weather. Labor costs go up due to inflation.

It feels as thought the 'rent is too damn high' crowd needs an enemy, and the enemy is landlord. And again, not a landlord, but I'm getting bitten by high costs of keeping property. I didn't even talk about the property taxes.

If I WERE a landlord, I'd either pass it along to the tenant as higher rent, or I'd sell the damn thing.

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Re:The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post... by colechristensen on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @05:09PM (#48739227)
Times are getting worse and the landlord class is an unnecessary middleman.

And again, the headline is the labor share of income is at an 80-ish year low. The landlord class grew too big. We want many of them to be forced out of the business either by law or by economic loss forcing sale.

A home is a fundamental human right. Maintaining rental profits in the face of economic hardship is not.

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Re:The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post... by mancerayder on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @08:32AM (#48745668)
You're repeating talking points that seem ideological in a response to a direct, falsifiable set of assertions. That's the most terrifying thing about ideologies, whether right or left - they just don't pay attention to debate or facts, but stamp repeated assertions religiously.
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