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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by dublinben on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @06:41PM (#9542450)
Landlords ought to be illegal. They are a perfect example of economic parasites, whose only value is in "rent seeking."
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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by Stasis5001 on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @07:49PM (#9542725)
So for those of us who rent our primary residence, we now have to take out loans to buy property and heaven help us if we want to move?
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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by gress on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @09:05PM (#9542939)
All investment is essentially rent-seeking. Are you advocating communism?
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