http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/half-loaf-rising-20344 Comments for "Half a Loaf Rising" en http://dagblog.com/comment/218590#comment-218590 <a id="comment-218590"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/half-loaf-rising-20344">Half a Loaf Rising</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Just lobbing in the article in Daily Beast today----"Why you can't afford a house"</p> <p>...(.New York City roughly equivalent to banana republics with regard to inequalty, and such.)</p> <p>But prompted a question. If rentiers now own everything, what is the point of redistribution of income?--that is, tax the rentiers and provide more pocket money for<em> renters? </em></p> <p><em> </em>But monopoly control remains.(unless you want to take away their property?)</p> <p>Result of redistribution? Rents go up again.</p> <p>Redistribution is, oh, so simple.</p> <p>Which leads me to the thought that infrastructure has to be reorganized in ways not being talked about by any of our politicians.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:01:57 +0000 Oxy Mora comment 218590 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/218581#comment-218581 <a id="comment-218581"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/half-loaf-rising-20344">Half a Loaf Rising</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I'm a little confused.  What part of this is Charles Blow and what part is you?  I don't see the link to either Digby or Blow.</p> </div></div></div> Tue, 09 Feb 2016 17:48:13 +0000 Ramona comment 218581 at http://dagblog.com