I'm hurting too, and I'd like my rent to come down.
But this just does not feel right. It feels like tyranny of the majority. Who cares about the landlords? They are just bad people by definition, right?
I, for one, think they are people just like you and me. Inflation exists for them too, not just for me and my family. Ordering them to decrease the rents is not that different from confiscating part of their property.
And by the way, if you want to confiscate private property, there's a perfectly acceptable way to do that: taxes. Just reassess property values, or increase real estate tax rates, or both.
But this just does not feel right. It feels like tyranny of the majority. Who cares about the landlords? They are just bad people by definition, right?
I, for one, think they are people just like you and me. Inflation exists for them too, not just for me and my family. Ordering them to decrease the rents is not that different from confiscating part of their property.
And by the way, if you want to confiscate private property, there's a perfectly acceptable way to do that: taxes. Just reassess property values, or increase real estate tax rates, or both.