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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by blfr on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:50PM (#50008259)
Yes but it also has a pretty long lead time so continued mass immigration always drives up the price. It's true of most hard infrastructure.
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by hirako2000 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:57PM (#50008394)
It's mostly due to absurdly difficult to get permits.

A benefactor decided to solve the housing crisis, created a development company. Gave up 2 years later. Stating the legal burden to get permits was the biggest financial obstacle. We are ready to build from the start, 2 years later we still couldn't build and spend most of our capital in lawyers in hope to get any approval.

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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by russdill on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:53PM (#50008321)
Which makes cutting back on immigration a short term solution.
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by cloverich on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:10PM (#50008596)
Population growth is driven largely by immigration though.
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by russdill on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:34PM (#50008988)
And what do you suppose drives the growth in housing?
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by test6554 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:59PM (#50008425)
I mean, if the goal is fewer people, then there are many many nefarious ways to achieve that.
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by russdill on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:34PM (#50009000)
Really with birthrates the way they are going, unless radical life extension comes soon it's going to be a problem that "solves itself".
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Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft by vrganj on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:01PM (#50008456)
We could also just do a good ol' fashioned culling!
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