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TruthAndDare | 9 years ago

> the farm lobby can paradoxically be incentivized to vote for housing regulation

Why is it paradoxical? Because they could otherwise have more buyers of their products?

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niels_olson|9 years ago

Labor is the biggest cost in almost any enterprise and your labor's housing is their biggest expense. But that doesn't mean the farmer actually has to eat that burden. And, geographically, farm areas surely have less population pressure for housing space.

costcopizza|9 years ago

Maybe the farm lobby generally supports deregulation legislation and other "pro-business" agenda.