seanessay.com I am a landlord. I smiled as Chief Engineer Pelia on the starship Enterprise said, “I still have a bunker in Vermont, where I used to live, in case this no-money-socialist-utopia thing turns out to be a fad.” No landlords on Star Trek. … At age 17, escaping to the big city on my […]
Stupid Housing, Shrinkflation and Mad Magazine
seanessay.com Being a senior citizen means being amused when young punks in parliament think issues are new. Well, new to them, maybe. I see where both the UK and the US heads of state, Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden, have angrily exposed “shrinkflation,” while across the land politicians speak of the twin perils of “the […]
People Determine Whether History Repeats
seanessay.com A talk radio show here in Britain said it takes 16 years to save for a first down payment for a house—in London it’s 30 years. If you save money via no avocado, no toast, and no coffee then you will have enough in 34 years—I don’t know about London. Supply and Demand means […]