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LOL, we live in a capitalist country. I'm not sure you can call people 'selfish' for trying to better themselves and leave something to their families within that framework.[/quote]

+1. If so, pretty much everyone is selfish. For those of us who worked hard to own our own homes (meaning Daddy didn’t buy it for us), our homes are our most important asset. I’m not a Republican, but I sure as hell care about how much my home is worth. [/quote]

But do you want to live in a society where the main principle of government's housing and land use policy is: maximizing property values for current homeowners?[/quote]

But that’s not currently the main principle, and it never will be. Politicians are much more influenced by the developers who make the big donations, for example, than your average DCUM NIMBY. [/quote]

I don't think that's true, actually. I think the NIMBYs have an enormous influence. Or rather, the people who show up at meetings have an enormous influence, and that tends to be NIMBYs. Developers may write checks, but that doesn't translate into votes, and votes are what you need to win an election. [/quote]

To think politicians care more about regular people than their big donors is preciously naive. I appreciate that kind of almost childlike optimism. [/quote]

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