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0 pointsWorkaccount22y ago0 comments

Politicians love every dollar?

Regular people own the overwhelming majority of homes, and they love every dollar of increase.

The finger pointing at corporations or politicians is totally misguided. It's the locals who collectively are invested in their homes and collectively (through the votes they cast) create the disastrous situation we are in.

Even the most bleeding heart liberal is all about "protecting the character of our neighborhood". Just look at San Francisco.

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FooBarBizBazz2y ago

> Even the most bleeding heart liberal is all about "protecting the character of our neighborhood". Just look at San Francisco.

I love those green and saffron signs about welcoming refugees that they put in the neighborhoods where you can't touch property for under $2M. I want stickers I can slap on those signs that say "...if you can afford this neighborhood, lol."

prawn2y ago

I'd agree with this. In Australia, it is too financially attractive to own investment property and enough of the population makes it a political gamble (at the bare minimum) to change that.

objektif2y ago

This is very accurate. Thanks for speaking out.

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