Please explain how to keep up with a fricking 7.9% inflation rate...

Discussion in 'Economics' started by kmiklas, Apr 4, 2022.

  1. zdreg

    zdreg

    Not at alI have the belief that free markets have the ability to solve problems much better than government bureaucrats and politicians. The actions of millions of markets participants result in better outcomes than that of the politicians. Yes, complex problems are best solved by free markets because political solutions by their nature are short sighted resulting in unintended consequences.
     
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    #91     Apr 6, 2022
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  2. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    #92     Apr 6, 2022
  3. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    I used to believe that. Now I understand it takes "two to tango".

    Pollution is just one example that no way would we have made the progress in cleaning the air, water and land of this country with private industry alone. No way at all.
     
    #93     Apr 6, 2022
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  4. Lulu right outside my back door to the Gulf. IMG_2006Lulu.jpg
     
    #94     Apr 6, 2022
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  5. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    Pontoons are very popular again - as you prolly already know.

    Is that an Aluminum or Fiberglass hull? Looks like the former.
     
    #95     Apr 6, 2022
  6. Alcoa...

    If I weren't a fat old man who isn't as flexible as he used to be,
    it prolly wouldn't be a toon.
    They're just so easy to get onto and off of for me.
     
    #96     Apr 6, 2022
  7. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    #97     Apr 6, 2022
  8. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    And great for hanging out.
     
    #98     Apr 6, 2022
  9. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    My brother-in-law fixes and flips boats. Says he prefers (but he doesn't hold them long enough for it to matter) Fiberglass Pontoons. Much easier and cheaper to fix if you slam into a dock, coral rock, another boat ya know coming back from Happy Hour and such. He knows that last part from experience as well. :confused:

    :D
     
    #99     Apr 6, 2022
  10. M.W.

    M.W.

    That's simple to answer. Existing tenants don't get thrown out and can't find housing at much higher rents. That was the original idea of rent control and it works perfectly fine here in Canada. Rent control does not address property pricing issues and was never designed to address unrelated issues. It works and does the job to protect existing tenants.

    In BC the maximum allowable rent increase is calculates as the 12 months or 6months (forgot which) average of the provincial annualized percentage change in the cpi basket. Hence rents keep track of inflation, totally fair to landlords, and works like a charm for tenants.


     
    #100     Apr 6, 2022
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