1/ The more I think about the failure to extend the eviction moratorium, the more I think there were powerful forces working against it. Too many people are saying “Hey it wasn’t us, “It wasn’t us, “It wasn’t us.”

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2/ They didn’t *want* to extend the moratorium. And why? Because the very people most at risk of eviction are the people they want to go back to work at the low paying jobs that are available now.
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3/ Lifting the moratorium is a way of saying “OK, you had your break, now get back to work.” Extending the moratorium would have given people more of a chance to consider other options, to be part of a collective challenge to the chronic reality of survival wages.
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4/ They didn’t expect too big a reaction to this & as usual they failed to consider long-term consequences. But the reaction is real; it’s important to keep it up. I hope someone will wake up & make this right for the sake of those effected & for the sake of our political future.
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You are nothing but a hack. The republicans are the ones who blocked extending the eviction moratorium. home.treasury.gov/policy-iss…
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Don't even fool yourself girl ..... Joe Biden could have done that with the stroke of a pen in ten seconds . He could do alot with executive orders . Not much diff. in Dem's and Rep. now days ..... America is not a country , it's a business for the rich .
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With real state like it is, I can’t help but ask what will this do to rent prices, is demand so high because home ownership is out of the question? Will there be subsequent foreclosures too?
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You think?
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Pelosi didn't want members of her caucus exposed to "the wrath of the base." The failure to extend the moratorium was calculated and cruel. nitter.vloup.ch/ZaidJilani/statu…
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“Powerful forces” = House Democrats, Senate Democrats, and White House Democrats.
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Property owners need to be paid or given the opportunity to sell their properties. It’s time!
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The unspent rental relief that’s in limbo-gonna get stolen. Congress was like, we already funded that, who cares if people aren’t being helped.
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