You can feel the resignation settling into the establishment -- a sense
that 8 or 9 percent unemployment is a natural condition like the
weather, something that just happens to us and which we can't do
anything about. But, in reality, this level of unemployment isn't just
happening. Decisions are being made on a regular basis that are
prolonging the economic crisis. And there are plenty of steps we can
take that would produce tangible positive results in the lives of
millions of people. The problem is that we have a broken system in which
even good, sensible ideas never make it to market. They get proposed,
they get support in policy circles, they even get introduced in
Congress. And then... they die. A perfect example of a sensible idea
that has nevertheless gone nowhere is Right-to-Rent, which would allow
foreclosed on homeowners to stay in their homes as renters, paying a
fair market rate determined by an independent appraiser.
Arianna Huffington, HuffPo
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