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I can put my money to work anywhere on earth anytime I want with a few clicks of a mouse. Make it less profitable to provide housing and my money goes somewher
by rufus_foreman 5y ago
I can put my money to work anywhere on earth anytime I want with a few clicks of a mouse.
Make it less profitable to provide housing and my money goes somewhere else, could be anywhere, I don't care. Make providing affordable housing the most profitable thing I can do, and you will have affordable housing.
I'm not jumping through any hoops for you. Your choice.
- bradleyjg 5y agoAffordable housing is a band aid at best. Mostly it’s not even that because of pathologies. What I want is an affordable housing market. If I have to pay you to put up units and then impose rules about who and how you sell or rent them, I’ve already lost.
- tomrod 5y agoI believe you just justified taxation.
- rufus_foreman 5y agoYou want my money, and in return, you will give me....what? Nothing. You have nothing to offer me, other than taxation. Have a nice night.
- tomrod 5y agoAffordable housing, roads, utilities, criminal justice, social safety net, healthcare, or other social needs may not be profitable but are still needed for the functioning of society. Hence, taxes are justified as charitable giving is insufficient to cover the costs and a functioning society is almost universally desirable over autarky. At least, that was my takeaway from your original comment describing the behavioral characteristics regarding the affordable housing market.