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		anon7000 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race Or, a public developer could construct and operate housing at cost, where rent pays off just enough to service the debt and operations.

sershe 38 days ago [–]

That has been tried in the US before. Public option sucks unless like in Singapore (or USSR where it sucked only moderately) you force almost everyone into a public option. Otherwise people most capable of moving out, move out; the public option gets worse; rinse, repeat.

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