Why is housing so expensive? When the far left passes laws making it very costly to build new apartments and houses, builders stop doing new construction. This constricts supply and demand grows and causes prices to shoot up.
Then in response, the far left seems even more control and passes rent caps. Landlords respond by quitting upkeep on their buildings since there is no money for it and ghettos are created.… read more “Why is housing expensive?”
We all have watched so many TV shows and movies, and read so many books, that we look at real life like it is a storybook. The main character always wins in the end.
These stories are fun, but wildly misleading. We have basically brainwashed ourselves through our entertainment into thinking life is a narrative.
In real life, the good guys often do not win.… read more “Stories”
Fixer upper junk homes in Seattle now cost over $800,000 according to this article. https://archive.is/Vf9cJ
Why?
Government over-regulation drives up costs in every area:
-Approvals and permits required dozens of times, each requiring substantial time, effort, and money to obtain.
-Purchases of new houses have taxes used for racist policies discriminating against asians, whites, and others.… read more “Seattle fixer uppers $800,000”
I am selling a small piece of land to a guy who wants to build a home for his family in rural Pierce County. As part of splitting a parcel of land, Pierce County has many layers of bureaucrats that must provide approvals. One of these layers is “Archaeology”… basically looking for supposed artifacts before you are allowed to build.… read more “SCAM: Archaeological “Surveys” in Washington State”
What happens when you stop paying your military? The military often will launch a coup or simply see its combat effectiveness collapse. The government shutdown is a disaster.
I beat my drum about shrinking the federal government, but shutting it down arbitrarily including the parts we very much need is idiotic.
How is this even the mechanism we ended up with for situations in which we don’t pass spending bills?… read more “The government shutdown is a disaster”
I have read thousands of sci fi and fantasy books now and have been running out of good ones to read, so I asked AI for recommendations based on other books I liked. Gemini recommended I read Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio. I bought the book for $10.
I tried reading it and got about 11% in and just could not go further it was so poorly written.… read more “Book Review: Empire of Silence”
I keep a daily log of things that are important to me in Google sheets and have done so for many years.
I was curious about how my weight has changed over the years, so I looked it up:
I do not like where that trend is going.… read more “My weight”
I was walking along my gravel road with my son on a beautiful summer evening, looking at my fields and cattle. One of my cows was silhouetted against the skyline and I noticed it looked like she was pooping, but it was stuck. I could see her arching her back and straining, but something was hanging out the back.… read more “Veterinarian Scarcity Brings Misery to Animals”