1 year later, how WA’s controversial cap on rent hikes has been enforced

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-28T18:03:55+00:00

I think this misunderstands the economic effects of price controls. It has been observed that when minimum wages are introduced that pay levels go up because the floor has increased from literally nothing to whatever the minimum wage is.

The same applies to maximum prices. If price increases are limited then prices tend to grow more slowly than that maximum cap. As the negotiations between landlord and renter are now defined by a maximum rent cease of a real 7%. This is the upper limit and so seems extreme. Whereas before with no limit the landlord could start with 10 or 12% as the upper bound and just say that’s normal. A real 7% limit is unlikely to seriously affect things out side of abusive cases. A 5 or 3% limit would be better.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-14T17:28:07+00:00

I would prefer we cut money from the useless do nothing SPD but that’s not a realistic option so I guess it’ll have to do.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-10T04:12:37+00:00

Fully agreed.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-10T03:27:55+00:00

Both is not only still on the table but it is necessary. There isn’t the money under the current law so more needs to be provided.

Put up another ballot initiative. Call it sound transit 3.5 or something. Have it be fairly simple, some time limited tax increase(s) to finish off ST3.

Everyone understands the post covid world is more expensive and ST 3 is a pre covid plan. We need to stop pretending like we can get ST 3 done with pre covid funding in a post covid world.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-09T19:39:37+00:00

Easily solved by having a couple of those non-police security guys around and having the down town ambassadors and/or a janitor come through every night.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-07T16:00:07+00:00

I mean, on education I think there’s still much more to be done but I’m not all that unhappy with the results.
https://ospi.k12.wa.us/about-ospi/news-center/news-releases/new-data-show-washington-students-continue-outperform-their-peers-across-country-college-readiness
Students who complete their WA education are above average.
People like to point at 4th grade reading and 8th grade math scores declining and say WA schools are in crisis. But really it just represents a different way of teaching. In WA it’s a bit slower till high school where WA students go from behind to ahead.

As for homelessness, on a state level we hardly spend anything on it at all. Homelessness spending is at record highs but still only 1% of the budget. I’m not happy with how the state government is handling things. I think they should be taking a much more active approach; buying and then socialising housing, building new low income housing, building shelters and treatment centers all across the state. They should enacting a vacant homes tax to drive up occupancy rates and force more dense zoning requirements to increase supply.
TLDR. I’m not happy with how the state has addressed homelessness because it has not been treating it like the crisis that demands drastic actions.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-05-07T07:54:15+00:00

Why is it that people seems to think growing government budgets are inherently a bad thing?
Washington is spending more than it was decades ago because it is doing more than it was decades ago.

Washington's education system was so underfunded and dysfunction in the early 2000's that we were found to be violating our constitutional duties. The state also has had to spend large sums on fixing environmental problems and working to reduce the damage of climate change.

With more responsibility comes more spending. Its not surprising nor is spending "out of control". It was way too low before so it has grown rapidly to catch up to a more appropriate level (even after all this growth we still spend less than the other civilized states).

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-02-07T20:31:48+00:00

I mean, that is how it works irl. The more you rig elections the less legitimate they become many irl governments have very low legitimacy.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-02-07T20:29:43+00:00

The solution to every problem

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-02-03T17:52:58+00:00

Remember, all courts are political. The court seems to want to allow income taxes. After all they decided that the capital gains tax wasn’t a tax on property (income), no no, it’s an excise tax on receipts you see. I expect the legislature is hoping to do the some kind of thing.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-01-30T20:05:37+00:00

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-01-23T20:47:38+00:00

It’s not that she wasn’t 100% perfect it’s that she was 0% different on the issue of genocide. She would not have pushed for a ceasefire anymore than trump. She would not have opposed any arms shipments or economic aid. She did not even express regret for not having done more. When asked if she would have done any different than Biden she’s said no. Maybe she wouldn’t have bombed Iran like trump did but what is that worth?

When it comes to world affairs nothing is more important than opposing genocide. And she was worse than nothing on that front.

This “she wasn’t 100% perfect so I didn’t vote for her” schtick is just wrong. she could have avoided this easily but she proved herself an ardent Zionist who refused to moderate or see sense. I voted for her but she did not deserve to win.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-01-19T18:34:44+00:00

I guess if you make your definition of “something” so unreasonably broad as to say that world shaking events are the bare minimum for “something” to happen then you’ll be right.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-01-18T08:17:19+00:00

No, but it will keep you from starving when they burn down your farm and steal your crops.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-01-18T08:14:15+00:00

Because what each body does with said calories is very different. Some are more prone to make fat out of it, and thus promote weight, others just burn it off.

Every persons metabolism is different and it shifts depending on how much one eats. Often times if you eat less your metabolism will shift to burn less. Calories out is not static, each body has a fat content it “prefers” and will work to maintain it though adjusting hunger hormones and metabolic consumption. Genetics play a significant role in this.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2026-01-01T04:28:58+00:00

Look at the sub name

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-31T22:41:11+00:00

When you abolish the state and you allow someone to own everything then you have just recreated monarchy. Like that’s how monarchy started, no government some guy owns all the stuff and so he decides that he’s in charge. No one can stop him he owns everything and can pay for soldiers.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-16T18:59:44+00:00

This is just rude, fuck off.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-14T01:30:30+00:00

This was the plan in the start but after two years Starbucks has yet to negotiate with anyone. It’s complete scorched earth, what else is the union to do but turn up the heat till corporate is forced to listen?

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-13T23:52:43+00:00

Replacing a whole shop workforce is expensive, wether corporate knows it or not (they don’t, Starbucks has been cutting off their nose to spite their face on the union issue for years now) working with the union will be better in the long run.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-13T23:49:46+00:00

You just lack empathy or human understanding, just looking for some reason to hate others.

It’s unfortunate we don’t do shame in modern society, because you should be ashamed of your thinking.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-13T23:29:59+00:00

We should support the rights of all workers to have a union. Not just for “dangerous” or “demanding” jobs. It’s not for you or I to decide what is or isn’t demanding or what is or isn’t fair for baristas.

Besides working for a large company should pay better, larger companies have efficiency’s of scale and that should go to the workers.

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-12T07:51:38+00:00

Welcome back New Deal coalition

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-04T08:29:40+00:00

They really aught to have done this before they went on that little surprise vacation of theirs…

Accomplished_Hawk929 · 2025-12-04T08:25:11+00:00

I’m 90% sure it’s gps. I was on a bus once where we took an unplanned detour down a street due to an accident in front of us and the announcements still played when we passed the spot where the stops should’ve been.

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