> It's interesting that paying people's rent for them is on the table, but denying rent to the literal rent-seekers isn't. As though ensuring those who collect rent get their rent is more important than keeping people in homes.
do you imagine every tenant's landlord is a literal scrooge mcduck?
my elderly neighbors rent their basement out. should they just be told they don't get paid for a few months?
my retired parents own REITs, and pay their bills with those dividends. if the real estate companies don't get paid, there's no dividends, and then my parents are buying cat food.
pensions and retirement funds across the country rely on rents coming in.
this "just suspend rents" line would be less insane if you'd acknowledge there are trade-offs to it.
do you imagine every tenant's landlord is a literal scrooge mcduck?
my elderly neighbors rent their basement out. should they just be told they don't get paid for a few months?
my retired parents own REITs, and pay their bills with those dividends. if the real estate companies don't get paid, there's no dividends, and then my parents are buying cat food.
pensions and retirement funds across the country rely on rents coming in.
this "just suspend rents" line would be less insane if you'd acknowledge there are trade-offs to it.