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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • The government doesn’t care about children anywhere. They’re a political tool when talked about in the us, a method to get whatever legislation passed that they want that we’d otherwise oppose. “It’s for the children” is never about the children.

    When we bomb children in other countries, the government just doesn’t care at all and will just make up any excuses as to why it’s acceptable.





  • Bipartisan because they know it’s just a feel good thing that will do nothing.

    “institutional investors own a very small slice of single-family homes in the United States. As the chief economist at the real estate platform Redfin, Fairweather says investors purchase about 17% of homes. But most of those purchases are by mom-and-pop investors, not big firms like Blackstone. Institutional investors just don’t own enough homes to be the main culprit for high home prices.”

    The U.S. homeownership rate is around 65%. As of December 2022, the five largest investors owned about 300,000 homes — just under 2% of single-family rental homes nationally. Institutional investors own roughly 2% to 25% of single-family rentals in major markets. (The “mom and pop” investors, your neighbor with 3+ houses)

    https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2025/09/09/g-s1-87699/private-equity-corporate-landlords

    Also in that article, Erb is a piece of shit. “It’s everyone’s fault but mine. I’m just offering a service!” Fuck you Erb.