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And in America they are actively colluding together and NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT
Landlords fund politicians. The opinion of a tenant? Not relevant.
You will pay infinite dollars to live.
Rentoids in tears! (it's me, I'm rentoid and in tears)
Not saying more shouldn't be done of course, but I just thought it'd be nice to highlight someone trying to do something for once about this at least.
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/03/price-fixing-algorithm-still-price-fixing
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/12/justice-department-rental-market-collusion-lawsuit-00167838
Oh boy, try Canada! All the elected officials are landlords!
If landlords and everybody selling things can collude to raise prices with no formal structure, then why can't workers do it too?
Well sure they are! They're paying off the people who are supposed to stop things like that.