Appeal to authority is a logical fallacy.
Was your daughter using Google or ChatGPT to research her debate topic?
Pathetic that middle schoolers are being taught that rent control is a great thing. Talk to any landlord or real estate professional.
I didn't know what rent control was until I started looking for my own place at age 23.
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She was probably using Google. I didn't help her so I'm not really sure. Actually now that I am thinking about it, the debate topic was actually whether government should provide free housing, not simply rent control.
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Even better... "free" housing
It's another term for 'public housing' or HUD section 8
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