Why are *you* angry? The consumer pays for it ultimately. *You* oughta be ecstatic! I mean unless you were a decent person, but since when has there been one of those? Like two thousand minus nine years now?
Government officials and politicians: “We have a housing crisis, blame those evil capitalists!” The people: “We found land that we can build on. We’re going to build homes!” Government officials and politicians: “Sorry, you can’t do that until we approve. And if you build, it’s jail time for you!”
Honestly, there's 2 guilty parties here. Suburban NIMBY people standing in the way of any sort of higher density probably ruin things more than government bureaucracy. What's even worse is that they team up most of the time.
Libertarian: Maybe houses are so expensive because you require so many licenses and regulations that cause me to need to buy more materials? Government: No It Is BeCaUsE oF rAcIsM
I have a sink in my kitchen that randomly stopped working. I checked the water coming into the sink faucet and it worked fine. I checked the aerator and that worked fine. I even checked the valve at the handle and that was fine too. I couldn't figure it out. Until I took apart the entire faucet piping and found the "CA compliant" low flow water restrictor was clogged with sediment. I removed it and the sink works better than it has in years!
I stay in hotels a lot. I keep pliers in my bag to "fix" the super-mega-double-ultra-low-flow showerheads when I find them. Amenities clearly say "shower", not "warm fog dispenser".
You'll probably need to take apart every last one in the house. Happened to me after the public water main froze/burst, I had to replace the stems in every faucet, pull the showerheads, washing machine, and drain/rinse the water heater. House was only 5 years old, cost me over $1k and two days to do it.
an old socialst technique ; create a problem and wait for (stupid) people to ask the government to solve it. Rince and repeat till the government controls everything. Modern day democracy = wiked reinvention of the dicatorship.
"Somebody should force all the new homes to have recycled materials, solar panels, and EV charging stations...and then gimme a free house because I can't afford one"
@@CatWhiskering seriously. And it's not just building regulations making housing more expensive, it's also land use regulations like weaponized zoning. Andrew Heaton did a video on that. Cheaper housing is an easy goal if people realized the government is why the problem exists. But instead they just ask for more regulations like rent control that has destroyed the housing market everywhere it's done.
Me from South Africa: I got a (legitimate) ID book dating back to late 1990's; I've been operating with it in our country and travelling the world with it. I now cannot open any new (local) bank account or renew my 30-year-old-valid passport because...
As a professional in the residential construction industry, I mostly concur with your concept. You glossed over that (most of) the building inspectors from the municipality make up code requirements as they go. You can sue and win, but they don't pay you back for that lost money or time. It costs less to comply with the inept morons/ tyrant bullies than fight them. That's why it will continue to get worse. End qualified immunity now! The only housing crisis I can see in Florida are those created by politicians.
Yeah, my neighbor bought a tiny home just to be told by the village inspector there is a minimum square footage requirement. I assume it's so you don't have slum lords renting out shipping containers, but then just make it apply to rentals. If owner-residents want a tiny home, let them.
Driving the back roads or even a highway like the stretch between LA and Phoenix, you see some real eyesores. That's freedom. Not something I would want, but good on them for living the dream
I've simply taken to telling people "If you complain about prices without understanding the supply and demand factors, it's useless." I don't know if it makes an impact, but if they never use their brains it won't matter anyway.
I live in Australia and use to develop properties. Everything Remy said in this Video is exactly the same in Australia. That's why I'm an ex property developer. We even had to pay for soil test to see if there were any aboriginal bones or artifacts. The amount of regulations they have brought in over the last 10yrs has made it unviable to develop. The only people who this has hurt is the poor people and young people trying to buy their first home. It has just become too expensive to build.
This literally just recently happened to me when we did a 10'x10' dinning room add on. Spent about 25% of the overall project cost on paying thousands of dollars for nonsensical studies/reports/property drainage plans/etc. Most of the things were unrelated to the change we were making, it felt like a money grab. When I tried to insert common sense the response, "well the check list says..." It was so frustrating.
This is what happens when you teach multiple generations of children to "find an adult". No one takes responsibility for anything and just mindlessly follow "the rules".
Office real estate has crashed 75% in San Francisco, and New York. but it still wont drive down prices because those buildings clearly have nothing in common with residential real estate. The zoning board approves this message
It would e hard to incorporate but never forget if that inspector they made you pay for and get his approval, yeah if he misses something and your house falls down you cannot sue the city for failing to do its job.
This is so true! It applies to everything else -- that sticker on a power cord which has something to do with safety if it's dropped into a bathtub or something. Food certificates. Every sticker the government requires and approves does nothing to improve product safety, because the real enforcement is bankruptcy from lawsuits regardless of the government claiming to have certified it. Illegal if you don't have it -- useless if you do have it. Reminds me of the old price triad. * If you charge too much, that's price gouging. * If you charge too little, that's predatory pricing. * If you charge the same, that's collusion.
I really, really wish one of the 2 big parties would nominate Remy for president. He would actually improve the country instead of actively worsening everything.
The inspector for my city didnt really do much for my projects. Just a "check the box" that he "inspected" it kind of inspection. Better that than a CA inspector for sure.
There was a recent case where the inspector checked the box on a new house that was way out of code. Home owners sued. Guess what: the inspection is no guarantee. The instructor is off the hook. Home owner had to pay for code violations the government inspector missed.
Just bought our first house with an unfinished basement. Just needs a bit of electrical work, some air vents, and to throw up the walls and it would be done. But we made the mistake of asking the city if there were any codes we needed to know about or permits required. Naturally the answer was "yes." Would've had it done by now but we're still waiting for a first response on the permit. To literally just finish a couple interior walls. IDK who the mayor or city council is in this town, but I already know I'm gonna vote for the challengers in the next election.
@@chrism3839 This year I got it cleared and put in a gravel driveway. Hopefully I can get started on a foundation soon. So much work doing it alone but it'll be worth it... Eventually.
My hometown is on the border. It used to be affordable there. They're flattening everything. The eco-zones - unique to FLorida and protected so that we actually had a subculture of building with things - are being utterly destroyed despite federal protections. Now a small house is one million dollars. And all that zoning stuff? I knew a rich girl who was for it. We don't talk anymore. On the other hand a big part of it is that the things being built are being built out of scope for the locals - despite federal precedent against that - and all of the new things added in their little mini city zones obviously cater to a different class of people. We had a unique culture in Fernandina. They've replaced all the native (endangered) palm trees with foreign California things and it just goes on and on. The things in this video here are only a small part of the problem. I wanted to enjoy the song. It only brought more steam out of my ears. Sigh.
It's like the government doesn't want people to have a place to live... ...it's like people not having a home or being able to afford anything _gives them power..._
You make it sound like some shadowy conspiracy. I think it's actually because of NIMBYs: people want to control what their neighbors can build. Go to a city planning meeting sometime. However, SFM suburbia _was_ actually a government intervention. You see, after WWII, white people could buy cars and drive all the way out where there weren't any of "those people". And the government was happy to finance these new properties.
Years ago, my husband went in to the permit office to see what would have to be done to tear down our very small and old house, in order to build a bigger home. The amount to apply for the permits was so high that my husband laughed, thinking, that is absolutely ridiculous. Well the lady helping him did not laugh and did not appreciate his surprise. Turns out government bureaucrats don't have a great sense of humor. I would like to say we got the permits and everything went smoothly but we were denied a construction loan so no idea what the final cost or time would have been by the end.
@@Woodshedphilosophy I've seen county inspector approval stickers on fire hazard electrical boxes and leaking pipes with no mounting brackets. The big companies have connections with the county. There are no hoops to jump through.
This is why I like reason they are the only ones who bring these matters up, republicans sadly rarely do and instead focus man only on culture wars stuff, fine to a degree but rarely bring topics like this up and reasons and libretarians do
*The most turbulent time in US politics in Remy's life time* Imma do another song about building regulations :) Not the Biden Coup, Trump getting shot in the head, middle east war, stock market panic, etc. Nah, Imma sing about building codes Classic Remy :)
The irony is, scandals and culture war stuff doesn't affect our lives nearly as much as this does. I think that's part of why creators like Remy are important, since the biggest things that massively impact our lives are things like tort law and code regulations. It affects the price and availability of health care, food, housing, transportation, jobs, etc. Yet it's boring to talk about, so instead politicians talk about the stuff that affects a tiny but loud factions but otherwise don't matter.
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 You took away from that comment that I was whining? I included two smiley faces. I love Remy. I applaud him for talking about what he wants instead of chasing healines
To be fair, the reason it would already be done in Communist China is because they cut soooo many corners. There are countless videos of apartment complexes practically falling apart.
One of the best things they could do to help with the housing crysis would be to analyse for their jurisdiction which lineitems have the largest fractional difference in either cost or duration under their current regulations and under a no-regulation control scenario. And then target streamlining efforts to the identified worst offenders. This may mean redsigning the whole compliance method or removing redundant actions or reducing public review periods ect.
No. Your "fix" only applies new bandaids on top of the old putrid ones. At some point you have to get rid of the old ones, clean the wound, and do it right. Government cannot fix problems it created by adding new fixes.
While the bit has some truth to it, i sure was glad to find out through the inspection that the general contractor had neglected to put in 4 load bearing posts to connect the weight of the second floor to the foundation of my home.
Illich -- The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies, pointed out in 1978 that only the very rich (able to navigate these regs) and the very poor (cardboard box shack, or these days a tent on the sidewalk) are allowed to build their own houses. Had a lot to say about our medical system, too. Most of the problems we have with our systems today were pointed out 50+ years ago, but the people who wrote about them were told to stop spoiling things for everyone. We knew we were creating this world, but we wanted what we wanted.
To be fair, this would happen even in a libertarian government since local communities would have standards (you can't have laws without the agreement of a specific community). This becomes more of an issue when all levels of government add to the regulations since you can't just move over to a neighbouring community that has the standards you agree with.
@@bozimmerman And would you look at that, your new property comes with a covenant and a HOA dictating what color your drapes can be, the height of the grass of your lawn (and not having a lawn is a violation), and forbids sheds in the backyard that no one can see. There is no government here, just a bunch a neighbors voluntarily getting together to form contract of what is appropriate to maintain the character of the neighborhood. Very libertarian, you see.
ReasonTV has a bunch of Remy bangers. Also sone very funny stuff from other guys, like "Partisan Post-Game". Although their talking heads serious videos can certainly be annoying.
Well that's the crux of a lot of this. It's a good idea to have someone knowledgeable inspect the place. But competent inspectors might not be licensed and licensed inspectors might not be competent. My brother-in-law knows more about construction than anyone I've ever met. Has a Bachelor's in Construction Management, worked for 20 years, ran his own company (until he decided it was too much stress). But he didn't get an inspector's license, so when he bought a house last year they had to pay (and schedule) 3 different inspectors to tell him what he already knew. That's the Libertarian difference. Advising people to take precaution is good. Forcing them to follow your routine probably isn't. The only time it should be required is for rental or commercial property, because then there's externality and you can't put that responsibility on everyone who enters.
And torn down, 😂. Yeah if it isn't tofu dreg regulation then it would be the local government finding a loop hole to end your lease and resale the land.
@@f22cap2s2k Do you own that neighboring lot? If not, what gives you the right to limit what size house can be built on it? If you don't have that right, how can you delegate it to the government?
@@spacefun101 it has many reasons. some of them are: - improved building materials - inflation outpacing salary raises - improved cost of land cause there are more and more humans sharing the same amount of space - increased resource prices, cause more countries on the planet can afford to compete for them
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As a general contractor who took the day off to relax and catch up on some paperwork, I'm angry again 😂
Came to say the same damn thing!
Obviously you are lying .. as you can never catch up on paperwork given all the regulations LOL.
@@walterengler5709 amen brother 😂
Why are *you* angry? The consumer pays for it ultimately. *You* oughta be ecstatic! I mean unless you were a decent person, but since when has there been one of those? Like two thousand minus nine years now?
Government officials and politicians: “We have a housing crisis, blame those evil capitalists!”
The people: “We found land that we can build on. We’re going to build homes!”
Government officials and politicians: “Sorry, you can’t do that until we approve. And if you build, it’s jail time for you!”
And those are the same politicians that say our prisons are overcrowded 😂
Yeah, no.
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And they'd bill you for tearing it down.
Honestly, there's 2 guilty parties here. Suburban NIMBY people standing in the way of any sort of higher density probably ruin things more than government bureaucracy. What's even worse is that they team up most of the time.
Same politicians: take that land and build a shopping center five years later for their "capitalist" friends.
It's almost as if they don't want you to own property.
Libertarian: Maybe houses are so expensive because you require so many licenses and regulations that cause me to need to buy more materials?
Government: No It Is BeCaUsE oF rAcIsM
I have a sink in my kitchen that randomly stopped working. I checked the water coming into the sink faucet and it worked fine. I checked the aerator and that worked fine. I even checked the valve at the handle and that was fine too. I couldn't figure it out. Until I took apart the entire faucet piping and found the "CA compliant" low flow water restrictor was clogged with sediment. I removed it and the sink works better than it has in years!
I stay in hotels a lot. I keep pliers in my bag to "fix" the super-mega-double-ultra-low-flow showerheads when I find them.
Amenities clearly say "shower", not "warm fog dispenser".
Don't admit to this stuff on RUclips. The government will track you don't and give you a felony.
@@Elkadetodd I hope you include Teflon tape for when you put the showerhead back on. Wouldn't want to waste water.
You'll probably need to take apart every last one in the house. Happened to me after the public water main froze/burst, I had to replace the stems in every faucet, pull the showerheads, washing machine, and drain/rinse the water heater. House was only 5 years old, cost me over $1k and two days to do it.
I sung your comment in my head to the tune of this parody song.
Remy always delivers
The annoying thing is the same people that think we need more government regulations are the same people saying"Why is housing so expensive?!?"
that's how it always is.
an old socialst technique ; create a problem and wait for (stupid) people to ask the government to solve it. Rince and repeat till the government controls everything. Modern day democracy = wiked reinvention of the dicatorship.
"Somebody should force all the new homes to have recycled materials, solar panels, and EV charging stations...and then gimme a free house because I can't afford one"
@@CatWhiskering seriously. And it's not just building regulations making housing more expensive, it's also land use regulations like weaponized zoning. Andrew Heaton did a video on that. Cheaper housing is an easy goal if people realized the government is why the problem exists. But instead they just ask for more regulations like rent control that has destroyed the housing market everywhere it's done.
My house doesn't meet code because the builder followed code 40 years ago.
Me from South Africa: I got a (legitimate) ID book dating back to late 1990's; I've been operating with it in our country and travelling the world with it. I now cannot open any new (local) bank account or renew my 30-year-old-valid passport because...
@@kobusg7460 ...?
As a professional in the residential construction industry, I mostly concur with your concept. You glossed over that (most of) the building inspectors from the municipality make up code requirements as they go. You can sue and win, but they don't pay you back for that lost money or time. It costs less to comply with the inept morons/ tyrant bullies than fight them. That's why it will continue to get worse. End qualified immunity now! The only housing crisis I can see in Florida are those created by politicians.
Some of Remy's best work yet.
Yeah, my neighbor bought a tiny home just to be told by the village inspector there is a minimum square footage requirement. I assume it's so you don't have slum lords renting out shipping containers, but then just make it apply to rentals. If owner-residents want a tiny home, let them.
Driving the back roads or even a highway like the stretch between LA and Phoenix, you see some real eyesores. That's freedom. Not something I would want, but good on them for living the dream
And people wonder why housing is expensive.
No, actually, we don't.
Grew up on the border. Watching my hometown being flattened by way too many houses for the island. Pretty sure that's not the whole reason.
I've simply taken to telling people "If you complain about prices without understanding the supply and demand factors, it's useless." I don't know if it makes an impact, but if they never use their brains it won't matter anyway.
every sane people knows why
When the house is expensive, it's the land not the house
I live in Australia and use to develop properties. Everything Remy said in this Video is exactly the same in Australia. That's why I'm an ex property developer. We even had to pay for soil test to see if there were any aboriginal bones or artifacts. The amount of regulations they have brought in over the last 10yrs has made it unviable to develop. The only people who this has hurt is the poor people and young people trying to buy their first home. It has just become too expensive to build.
This literally just recently happened to me when we did a 10'x10' dinning room add on. Spent about 25% of the overall project cost on paying thousands of dollars for nonsensical studies/reports/property drainage plans/etc. Most of the things were unrelated to the change we were making, it felt like a money grab. When I tried to insert common sense the response, "well the check list says..." It was so frustrating.
This is what happens when you teach multiple generations of children to "find an adult". No one takes responsibility for anything and just mindlessly follow "the rules".
Amusing, infuriating, and disheartening all at the same time.
Remy has a gift.
Remy has been delivering consistently for over a decade
Mcdonalds rap
Office real estate has crashed 75% in San Francisco, and New York. but it still wont drive down prices because those buildings clearly have nothing in common with residential real estate. The zoning board approves this message
I'm a builder, and I'm very disappointed in Remy. I always enjoyed him for his farcical comedies. Since when did he start making documentaries?
Work. Of. Art.
Cherokee County GA!!!
Remy is the best!
It would e hard to incorporate but never forget if that inspector they made you pay for and get his approval, yeah if he misses something and your house falls down you cannot sue the city for failing to do its job.
This is so true! It applies to everything else -- that sticker on a power cord which has something to do with safety if it's dropped into a bathtub or something. Food certificates. Every sticker the government requires and approves does nothing to improve product safety, because the real enforcement is bankruptcy from lawsuits regardless of the government claiming to have certified it.
Illegal if you don't have it -- useless if you do have it.
Reminds me of the old price triad.
* If you charge too much, that's price gouging.
* If you charge too little, that's predatory pricing.
* If you charge the same, that's collusion.
I really, really wish one of the 2 big parties would nominate Remy for president. He would actually improve the country instead of actively worsening everything.
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two parties? I only know of the uniparty.
Ah. The ability of Remy to make me laugh and cry....
The inspector for my city didnt really do much for my projects. Just a "check the box" that he "inspected" it kind of inspection. Better that than a CA inspector for sure.
There was a recent case where the inspector checked the box on a new house that was way out of code. Home owners sued. Guess what: the inspection is no guarantee. The instructor is off the hook. Home owner had to pay for code violations the government inspector missed.
"And torn down" that's golden
Woohoo REMYs back👍🏴🇺🇸🏴
Just bought our first house with an unfinished basement. Just needs a bit of electrical work, some air vents, and to throw up the walls and it would be done.
But we made the mistake of asking the city if there were any codes we needed to know about or permits required. Naturally the answer was "yes."
Would've had it done by now but we're still waiting for a first response on the permit. To literally just finish a couple interior walls.
IDK who the mayor or city council is in this town, but I already know I'm gonna vote for the challengers in the next election.
So true, the amount of burocracy you have to go through to work on your own house is beyond insane. Its just control.
I specifically moved to a county that has no building codes so I could build my own house.
This is the only answer. I just bought a few acres in the country so I can build without the headache
@@psycomutt I hope your project goes well! I’ve been at it for 5 years now haha. It’s a big commitment if you do all the work yourself
@@chrism3839 This year I got it cleared and put in a gravel driveway. Hopefully I can get started on a foundation soon. So much work doing it alone but it'll be worth it... Eventually.
There are still many people that have no clue why housing prices have gone up so much.
My hometown is on the border. It used to be affordable there. They're flattening everything. The eco-zones - unique to FLorida and protected so that we actually had a subculture of building with things - are being utterly destroyed despite federal protections. Now a small house is one million dollars. And all that zoning stuff? I knew a rich girl who was for it. We don't talk anymore. On the other hand a big part of it is that the things being built are being built out of scope for the locals - despite federal precedent against that - and all of the new things added in their little mini city zones obviously cater to a different class of people. We had a unique culture in Fernandina. They've replaced all the native (endangered) palm trees with foreign California things and it just goes on and on. The things in this video here are only a small part of the problem. I wanted to enjoy the song. It only brought more steam out of my ears. Sigh.
Don’t worry even if he had a pile of cash to throw at it the county and city would claw the property back through usury-level taxes…
Government bureaucracy and NIMBYism. Can't name a better duo.
More Remy! A good day.
Remy be honest. Did you try to build a house recently?
My thoughts exactly
So True....
My wife and I recently purchased a lot to build a 3,000 sq ft home on.
Estimated move-in is in 2 years.
It's like the government doesn't want people to have a place to live...
...it's like people not having a home or being able to afford anything _gives them power..._
You make it sound like some shadowy conspiracy. I think it's actually because of NIMBYs: people want to control what their neighbors can build. Go to a city planning meeting sometime.
However, SFM suburbia _was_ actually a government intervention. You see, after WWII, white people could buy cars and drive all the way out where there weren't any of "those people". And the government was happy to finance these new properties.
Years ago, my husband went in to the permit office to see what would have to be done to tear down our very small and old house, in order to build a bigger home. The amount to apply for the permits was so high that my husband laughed, thinking, that is absolutely ridiculous. Well the lady helping him did not laugh and did not appreciate his surprise. Turns out government bureaucrats don't have a great sense of humor.
I would like to say we got the permits and everything went smoothly but we were denied a construction loan so no idea what the final cost or time would have been by the end.
In Austin, regulators stopped us from building because our house was too SMALL.
If ive learned anything from that cyfy home inspector guy, just be a billion dollar company and you can get away with anything.
Well no, not really. Even the largest developers are blocked from building what the market demands. That’s why we have a housing shortage.
No, that’s why billion dollar companies are the only ones building houses. They are the only ones who can afford to jump through all the hoops
@@Woodshedphilosophy I've seen county inspector approval stickers on fire hazard electrical boxes and leaking pipes with no mounting brackets. The big companies have connections with the county. There are no hoops to jump through.
@@JS-ol4dx Except for the who you know and the who to pay off hoops.
@@invictus2336 that's capitalism baby
Loved the dig at Chinese construction at the end. Tofu -Dreg has entered the chat.
I wonder why houses are so expensive.
It's because of 80 year old NIMBYs who are afraid of change.
And don't forget to pay your property taxes on the lot the government isn't letting you build on!
This is why I like reason they are the only ones who bring these matters up, republicans sadly rarely do and instead focus man only on culture wars stuff, fine to a degree but rarely bring topics like this up and reasons and libretarians do
pretty good song when you stop crying
This is hilarious!!!
Finished having a house built about a year ago. This is accurate
This is why demand is high because supply is low due to red tape.
THANK YOU!
*The most turbulent time in US politics in Remy's life time* Imma do another song about building regulations :)
Not the Biden Coup, Trump getting shot in the head, middle east war, stock market panic, etc.
Nah, Imma sing about building codes
Classic Remy :)
I see your point, but at the end of the day, I just want to be able to afford a house.
The irony is, scandals and culture war stuff doesn't affect our lives nearly as much as this does. I think that's part of why creators like Remy are important, since the biggest things that massively impact our lives are things like tort law and code regulations. It affects the price and availability of health care, food, housing, transportation, jobs, etc. Yet it's boring to talk about, so instead politicians talk about the stuff that affects a tiny but loud factions but otherwise don't matter.
I don't see any contribution from you except whining that others don't do your bidding.
Because it's relatable!
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 You took away from that comment that I was whining? I included two smiley faces. I love Remy. I applaud him for talking about what he wants instead of chasing healines
This is a libertarian banger!
Should include citations for everything he mentions.
To be fair, the reason it would already be done in Communist China is because they cut soooo many corners. There are countless videos of apartment complexes practically falling apart.
One of the best things they could do to help with the housing crysis would be to analyse for their jurisdiction which lineitems have the largest fractional difference in either cost or duration under their current regulations and under a no-regulation control scenario. And then target streamlining efforts to the identified worst offenders. This may mean redsigning the whole compliance method or removing redundant actions or reducing public review periods ect.
No. Your "fix" only applies new bandaids on top of the old putrid ones. At some point you have to get rid of the old ones, clean the wound, and do it right.
Government cannot fix problems it created by adding new fixes.
Hello algorithm! 👋
I wish this wasn't so accurate
that's the boat i'm in right now.
Anyone who talks about cost of housing without mentioning these things is clueless, a crook, or some combination of the two.
Facts.
Remy!
Wow a new song finally after how many years
1 month.
Mcdonalds rap was long time ago
@@JohnSmith-oo7ig Was it even that long? It seems like it was 3 weeks.
The bigger the city the more regulations. Sounds like my hometown Houston.
While the bit has some truth to it, i sure was glad to find out through the inspection that the general contractor had neglected to put in 4 load bearing posts to connect the weight of the second floor to the foundation of my home.
Nanny State + Green New Deal = $$$
WHERE IS MY WAR?
The China line at the end make this video even more awesome.
Illich -- The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional Enemies, pointed out in 1978 that only the very rich (able to navigate these regs) and the very poor (cardboard box shack, or these days a tent on the sidewalk) are allowed to build their own houses. Had a lot to say about our medical system, too. Most of the problems we have with our systems today were pointed out 50+ years ago, but the people who wrote about them were told to stop spoiling things for everyone. We knew we were creating this world, but we wanted what we wanted.
To be fair, this would happen even in a libertarian government since local communities would have standards (you can't have laws without the agreement of a specific community). This becomes more of an issue when all levels of government add to the regulations since you can't just move over to a neighbouring community that has the standards you agree with.
Libertarianism applies to local communities and local government too. Did you seriously not know that?
@@bozimmerman And would you look at that, your new property comes with a covenant and a HOA dictating what color your drapes can be, the height of the grass of your lawn (and not having a lawn is a violation), and forbids sheds in the backyard that no one can see. There is no government here, just a bunch a neighbors voluntarily getting together to form contract of what is appropriate to maintain the character of the neighborhood. Very libertarian, you see.
@@unknownhours HOA's are another level of government. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck...
Whatever do you mean the guy that makes Magic The Gathering parody songs also does political commentary parody songs?
ReasonTV has a bunch of Remy bangers. Also sone very funny stuff from other guys, like "Partisan Post-Game". Although their talking heads serious videos can certainly be annoying.
The entity that submits the most suggestions to the IBC every update? Simpson Strong Tie. I wonder why? 🤔
Bro I don't even want to build a house, I just want to be able to buy a piece of land and park on it. can't even do that.
Welcome to the technatorship...
Remy is like a white Morrakiu.
D E R T
Our homes and cars will end up being so safe and efficient that nobody can afford them.
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With builders these days, you do need inspectors, though... So many new houses aren't much better than tofu dreg housing...
Well that's the crux of a lot of this. It's a good idea to have someone knowledgeable inspect the place. But competent inspectors might not be licensed and licensed inspectors might not be competent.
My brother-in-law knows more about construction than anyone I've ever met. Has a Bachelor's in Construction Management, worked for 20 years, ran his own company (until he decided it was too much stress). But he didn't get an inspector's license, so when he bought a house last year they had to pay (and schedule) 3 different inspectors to tell him what he already knew.
That's the Libertarian difference. Advising people to take precaution is good. Forcing them to follow your routine probably isn't. The only time it should be required is for rental or commercial property, because then there's externality and you can't put that responsibility on everyone who enters.
I wonder why middle class Americans can't afford to own a home.
And torn down, 😂. Yeah if it isn't tofu dreg regulation then it would be the local government finding a loop hole to end your lease and resale the land.
Eh, lot size requirements I'm perfectly fine with, it's HOAs that are the absolute devils in this market.
If you want to keep your neighbors' houses farther away, buy a bigger lot for your house. Don't make your neighbors pay for what you want.
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 I wont...they dont have to buy it.
@@f22cap2s2k Do you own that neighboring lot? If not, what gives you the right to limit what size house can be built on it? If you don't have that right, how can you delegate it to the government?
At least the quality of new construction is high thanks to all those building codes! Oh wait…
I have buyer's remorse and want to sell this land.
Oh, that's going to cost you.
They should have hires Weird Al to sing it for them. At least he can actually sing without using ear-wrenching auto-tune and piped-in reverb.
It's funny, because it is true.
Remy 🫡
What’s the name of the original song?
In the Description below the video it says 'Parody of Florida Georgia Line's "Dirt"'.
well, many regulations actually make sense. the problem is that the costs rose waaaaaaaaaay more than the income, so its just not affordable anymore.
Why do you think costs have risen so much? Surely has nothing to do with over regulation…
@@spacefun101 it has many reasons. some of them are:
- improved building materials
- inflation outpacing salary raises
- improved cost of land cause there are more and more humans sharing the same amount of space
- increased resource prices, cause more countries on the planet can afford to compete for them
@ Yes, but so too does over regulation increase cost, and that can easily be fixed.
@@spacefun101 but its just one of the many factors, not the sole contributor as you claimed it to be.
@@dervakommtvonhinten517 I did not claim it was the sole contributor.
This is what happens when government runs the building code
Huh. No swipe at the TSA in this one.
Any wonder there is a homeless crisis?
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There's advantages to living in today's Third world, lots more freedom... to succeed and fail.
Guatemala feliz! Que tus aras no profane jamás el verdugo; ni haya esclavos que laman el yugo, ni tiranos que escupan tu faz.
This one just makes me angry
And then you gotta keep renting
You could throw up a tent in a public park, call yourself "unhoused", and apply for benefits 🤦
Remy is the guy your girlfriend told you not to worry about.
It's not your lot or your house, it's the government's lot and house that they're letting you use if you follow their rules.
"torn down?" More like fall down