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smokeythemechanic t1_j9xn9fz wrote

Reply to comment by libertempa_kostumo in Landlords and political signs? by [deleted]

That's the thing we aren't talking about fantasies you are talking about real people's situations and lives where the law is on the side of the people stealing the homes in question. Housing is not a guaranteed right, no matter where you live in the developed world you have to figure that out, you don't just get to take it from someone else without consequences. It's the same to say someone has a right to my friends rental house that doesn't pay for it as it is to say I have a right to your car and the food in your refrigerator that I don't pay for.

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libertempa_kostumo t1_j9xpe07 wrote

Not really. The right to maintain a real estate investment scheme is worlds apart from the right to have what you need to survive and function in society. You should have one house that is yours, full of stuff that is yours, with a car that is yours in the garage. I don't think you should be able to buy up a bunch of houses and make other people pay a premium for the privilege of paying your mortgage for you.

It's true that most states fail to house all their people. Most developed countries do it better than the U.S., and a big reason for that is because they're smart enough to not leave so much of the country's housing up to any ding-a-ling with a little cash to throw around.

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smokeythemechanic t1_j9y0fz6 wrote

What a myopic view of the renter/ landlord relationship. So one person has a house, they usey their retirement from a market that has proven too unstable to invest in non tangible anything, they invest in a house, suddenly you think they have this imaginary money oozing from their pores because only the ultra rich and privileged can afford a house to rent out. Now in your previous statements a vagrant has more right to that property than the person that worked 20+ years to have the nestegg to have a down payment and was able to finance that house. Why does someone that can't be bothered to save cash and cultivate a credit rating over their entire adult lives have any right to anything resembling a house. Till you understand that the people you are defending and arguing with me about just take and never give back in the first place, you are gonna keep thinking they are the victim. Look at how many people want to help the homeless people and last only one season before they tap out of wanting to help them anymore.

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