America without Landlords: A more in-depth discussion.

[True Blue Door]

27. We can have a discussion about possible aspects of legislation.

But what is unreasonable is to demand that I articulate a fully-formed bill to even concede that the basic concept is valid.

Think about it: Could you justify the current system if I turned it around and asked similar questions about it? If I bring up all the ways it fails people, creates poverty, etc., would you be able to explain in minute detail how current policy deals with those circumstances, or what sort of more cautious legislation would better deal with those problems?

The point is whether it is an economically superior circumstance, and if we have to delve into highly detailed special cases to find objections to a very general concept, that clearly suggests the concept is fundamentally sound and the objections are indeed a matter for legislation.

But if we concede that, then we need to say so explicitly, that this is a Good Idea, and that the objections raised to it would just be a matter of writing a good bill rather than a fundamental problem with the notion.