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							<title><![CDATA[Why Housing Should Be Regulated as a Public Utility]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Weinstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Something is a public utility because it is essential, such as electricity, telephone, gas, and water. The government, through proper regulations, must ensure that these basic needs are virtually guaranteed.
Housing falls into the same category. Some things need more guarantees than the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why California Is Shrinking and Sinking, and How To Reverse It]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Weinstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s population'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has shrunk'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for three consecutive years while 42 other states have grown.
A shrinking population is a sign of economic distress. Nevertheless, California is home to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 178 billionaires'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' the most of any state by far. At the same time, California has...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Housing, Trickle-Down Democrats Have Failed Americans in Need]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Michael Weinstein</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is impossible to deny that America and the rest of the world are more economically unequal than ever before. The three wealthiest Americans possess a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' higher net worth'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' than the entire bottom half of U.S. society. In cities like'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' New York, poverty is soaring.
In theory, Democrats...]]></description>
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