All Forum Posts by: Danny Grey

So your only response to valid questions about excessive government authoritarianism and increased pollution caused by mandatory manufacturing in China is weak what-about-ism masked in lazy sarcasm. Got it.

To be fair, that impotent non-response does actually speaks volumes about the views of those praising this move.  Cheers :)

This is exactly what I was thinking. Granted, Oregon's population growth is expected to continue, which provides some incentive for landlords, but overall it just seems like it makes Oregon a rough market to own multifamily in. My guess is the larger investors who can shoulder increased risk will be the ones who benefit most. 

YIKES. Tell me something: Why should we have yet any kind of tax leveled at us at all, be it a nonsense "carbon tax" or a $10,000+ mandated solar system? 

How about the alternative: we choose what power source to use for ourselves? 

How does the government stealing more money through excessive taxation and wasting it (as they always do, see the bullet train to nowhere in California) help anyone? 

Further, how does it help the world when China, India, and other heavy polluters aren't doing the same? Indeed, insisting on mandatory solar power in California means massive manufacturing of solar panels in China, a country notoriously lax on environmental regs. You think an increase in manufacturing in China is good for the environment anywhere?

Lastly, you'll happily put your money where your mouth is instead of just insisting others be taxed, right? I.E. if I show you exactly how you can write a check to an anti-pollution research initiative (call it a "carbon tax") NOW you'll voluntarily donate instead of relying on the government to take money from other people? 

Lmk, I'll PM you the info. :)

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/02/oregon...

So the Oregon Senate just passed a bill to make Oregon the first U.S. state to have rent control everywhere in the state and NOT allow cities/jurisdictions to opt out. It also includes expanded tenant "protections". It's expected to pass the House easily, and governor Kate Brown said she's going to sign it into law, making it effective immediately.

Oregon was already very "tenant-friendly" and anti-landlord so this isn't exactly a reversal of course, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the potential consequences of this move. It seems like it will do what rent control always does- stifle new development, lead a bunch of landlords to convert to condos, lower the overall rental supply,etc.

Thoughts?

Lol I've lived in hyper-liberal Boulder and frankly doubt you (or anyone) have many truly conservative customers there. "Conservative" in Boulder means someone who listens to NPR while driving their Subaru to Starbucks for their daily latte instead of listening to Pod Save America while riding their recumbent bike to Parkway for their daily organic free trade non-GMO cruelty-free vegan kombucha. 

To your broader point, "freedom' is not a word I would use for mandatory purchases required for those who want to enjoy the basic need of housing, especially when the battery storage systems aren't being required (like in CA). Quite the contrary; it seems like we're still slaves to said power grid, just with a massive new expense added.

Anyways, state and local government across the country are forcing this on people, and the tide isn't likely to turn, so you might as well make money; I just won't pretend this new law in California is anything other than the usual overreach by a totalitarian state government. 

P.S.- if you do get a chance to speak with the engineers in charge of improving solar tech, please let them know that the rest of us would surely appreciate if they could work on solar efficiency and cost a bit.

 The bolded is key there. The FREEDOM to make a choice. NOT the mandate to be forced to pay thousands to prop up technology which in spite of (or because of) massive subsidization simply can't seem to become more affordable on it's own. Indeed, when you force people to buy something, it removes the incentive to make that thing more affordable. 

As you said, you design and sell solar for a living; that's cool, and I'm all for the development and spread of solar energy tech. I just wish that people in your industry would DESIGN something more affordable, efficient, and reliable and SELL it to us voluntarily, instead of relying on big government to force us to buy.

I know the rule is "no politics" here but that's pretty difficult considering this topic is about a law passed PURELY for poitical points. But hey, I'm sure requiring thousands of dollars in add-ons will definitely help the "We need affordable homes" movement here in California.

No pitbulls. Find another tenant.

Why are you asking random strangers on the internet about a situation regarding YOUR personal morality? This just seems like a goofy virtue signalling thread for everyone to chime in with various "racism bad" and "racists are mean" comments while you echo the same platitudes, and all of your responses so far back that up.  

If someone is telling you they don't rent to black people and they use "(racial slur) migrant laborers" and that bothers you, then the only decision to make is whether YOU value your principles over saving a few bucks. 

You already know what everyone here is going to say anyways. 

Thinly-veiled virtue-signalling post. Sad.