Thanks again, Amy. You have my support for City Council, and I want to talk to you about a Cannondale 18-speed. This choice doesn't sound so difficult. Slowing down the economy would result in slower population growth, slower road building, slower pollution of air and water. This really doesn't seem like a problem.
Economic booms do at least as much harm as good.
A slowdown would be a very good thing. On the other hand, the risks associated with a growing class of people who can't even afford to rent an apartment are very real. The difficulty of the choice seems imaginary. If minimum wage is too low to live on, it needs to be raised. And anything that slows down an orgy of building and population growth will help preserve everything we love in Austin.