Looking purely at import volumes, most of those other countries haven't experienced drop-offs like China. Canada exports about the same amount of goods to the US today as they did in early 2024. Mexico is in a similar trend. What I see is that when Chinese buying dipped due to exorbitant tariffs, Canada and Mexico spiked until they were also hit with tariffs, returning to their previous levels.
Hopefully this happens so people can stop blaming institutional investors for high home prices once this fails to work. Then maybe we can work on actually building homes.
> you allow for policy that doesn't maximize the cost of real estate over the interests of the majority of the population.
How do you think homeowners would feel about a policy that doesn't maximize the value of their homes. That's just another way to phrase "maximizing the cost of real estate"?
The problem is the massive emphasis on eating as a part of health. As if eating right is the only thing you need to do to avoid all disease. That putting other substances (e.g. vaccines) in your body will make you unhealthy.
The tentacles seem a bit limp and disorientated on this one. There are lots of them but they just seem to flop wetly against the windows. I hope they're not going to start decomposing and stink the place up.
I live next to a busy city road. The loudest vehicles are motorcycles, cars with expensive, aftermarket exhausts, and large trucks. Not all cheap stuff.
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