US sues six of the biggest landlords over "algorithmic pricing schemes"(arstechnica.com)
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US sues six of the biggest landlords over "algorithmic pricing schemes"
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/big-landlord-settles-with-us-will-cooperate-in-price-fixing-investigation/
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I've appreciated four years of a government that at least tried to do good things. Not looking forward to the impending shitstormfront.
The Biden administration, maybe due to looking at aggregate statistics, would insist the economy was doing well. People on the ground could not (and cannot) afford healthcare, education, food, and housing, even working 2+ jobs.
Why didn't Biden do something immediately, effectively, and very publicly about the coordinated pricing on rentals? It would be just, good policy, very important to citizens and opportunity and the economy, and great politics. He would be their champion. Instead the RealPage lawsuit has been out of the news so long that I didn't know if it was still alive until today, and only after the election, with a couple weeks remaining, does Biden sue the landlords.
I've met many people who complain but none I've asked have even heard of RealPage or their scheme. The greatest power is controlling what people know. With the Internet, you can fool all the people all the time.
Why didn't Biden do something immediately, effectively, and very publicly about the coordinated pricing on rentals? It would be just, good policy, very important to citizens and opportunity and the economy, and great politics. He would be their champion. Instead the RealPage lawsuit has been out of the news so long that I didn't know if it was still alive until today, and only after the election, with a couple weeks remaining, does Biden sue the landlords.
I've met many people who complain but none I've asked have even heard of RealPage or their scheme. The greatest power is controlling what people know. With the Internet, you can fool all the people all the time.
> Why did Biden do something immediately...?
Back in '71, one year before Biden was elected to the US Senate, President Nixon was on a very public "Inflation is Public Enemy #1" rampage. In '72, Nixon was re-elected with over sixty percent of the popular vote.
One could snark about Biden be senile...but at this point, I've mostly concluded that the Democratic Party's core constituency wanted to get out of power, and stay out. That's far less work, and doesn't require them to venture out of their own little well-to-do ideological bubble.
Back in '71, one year before Biden was elected to the US Senate, President Nixon was on a very public "Inflation is Public Enemy #1" rampage. In '72, Nixon was re-elected with over sixty percent of the popular vote.
One could snark about Biden be senile...but at this point, I've mostly concluded that the Democratic Party's core constituency wanted to get out of power, and stay out. That's far less work, and doesn't require them to venture out of their own little well-to-do ideological bubble.
First, I'm confused. I wrote in the GP:
> Why didn't Biden do something immediately
You quoted:
> Why did Biden do something immediately...?
?
To the issue at hand:
> the Democratic Party's core constituency wanted to get out of power, and stay out. That's far less work, and doesn't require them to venture out of their own little well-to-do ideological bubble.
That is a great insight. My way of seeing (what I think is) the same thing is the Dems want to stay in their safe place. James Carville wrote an opinion piece recently saying the Dems need to focus on the economy more. Lol - it's always 1992 to them.
What the Dems demonstrate is not only that they are completely ineffective at dealing with today's problems, they are scared to even acknowledge and confront them. 'Vote for us if you want to hide in your safe place as long as you can.'
> In '72, Nixon was re-elected with over sixty percent of the popular vote.
That is widely believed to be for other reasons, the political divide of the country and the weakness of the Dem candidate.
> Why didn't Biden do something immediately
You quoted:
> Why did Biden do something immediately...?
?
To the issue at hand:
> the Democratic Party's core constituency wanted to get out of power, and stay out. That's far less work, and doesn't require them to venture out of their own little well-to-do ideological bubble.
That is a great insight. My way of seeing (what I think is) the same thing is the Dems want to stay in their safe place. James Carville wrote an opinion piece recently saying the Dems need to focus on the economy more. Lol - it's always 1992 to them.
What the Dems demonstrate is not only that they are completely ineffective at dealing with today's problems, they are scared to even acknowledge and confront them. 'Vote for us if you want to hide in your safe place as long as you can.'
> In '72, Nixon was re-elected with over sixty percent of the popular vote.
That is widely believed to be for other reasons, the political divide of the country and the weakness of the Dem candidate.
did/didn't - just my stupid typo.
Yes, a number of other things were going in Nixon's favor. But a bunch of things were not - starting with The War (Vietnam). Neither GDP growth nor unemployment numbers made him look good.
And Harris could have done far worse than Nixon's 60.7%, and still won handily.
Yes, a number of other things were going in Nixon's favor. But a bunch of things were not - starting with The War (Vietnam). Neither GDP growth nor unemployment numbers made him look good.
And Harris could have done far worse than Nixon's 60.7%, and still won handily.
20:1 this quietly disappears under trump.