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On 12/17/2020 2:35 PM, Eric Nelsen wrote:<br>
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<div class="WordSection1">I have pushed back before about the
righteous tone on the listserv, about tenants spending their
money on goodies and giving the landlord the finger. But if I
have $1000 to spend and the choice is between taking care of
myself or paying money to a landlord when the law isn’t going to
force me to, and my relationship to the landlord is based purely
on money, then hell yes, I’m going to spend it on myself. And
please note, that is the
<i>proper</i> response under invisible hand theories: do the
self-interested thing and it will all balance out: the landlord
is hurt but Netflix benefits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<p>It's fairly standard advice to people in financial trouble to pay
for food, rent, utilities and if possible car payments before
anything else. The moratorium offered without any counseling
advice turns that on its head. And since it doesn't diminish the
debt eventually they will need to deal with the consequences.</p>
<p>But my concern has been for those who could have paid rent but
don't because of the moratorium. They will eventually have to
deal with a problem that would not have existed but for government
telling them that it was helping them. They may very well find
themselves dug into a hole they cannot get out of that would
otherwise not have existed.<br>
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<p>Kary L. Krismer</p>
<p>206 723-2148<br>
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