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> they don't get to own stocks or real estate So, they can't own a home in a location they represent? I don't see that going over well. Your primary home is re
by mfer 4y ago
> they don't get to own stocks or real estate
So, they can't own a home in a location they represent? I don't see that going over well. Your primary home is real estate. So is that little family cottage.
Also, congressional reps need to have a home is Washington. So, they have to rent there?
- dhritzkiv 4y agoMany reps do rent in DC, sometimes in frat-house-like conditions with other reps.[1] [1] https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/politics/real-alpha-house/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/politics/real-alpha-house/ind...
- wyre 4y agoWhy isn’t this the basis for a tv show?
- AftHurrahWinch 4y agoIt was, the cartoonist behind Doonesbury did it for 2 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_House
- paulryanrogers 4y agoRenting may be a new experience for them. And with such a huge bump in salary I think they can take the hit. After all it is positioning real estate as investments that contribute to its unaffordability.
- rococode 4y agoThat's pretty trivial to work around... you can own one primary residence, and one additional residence in DC. You can't own 10 buildings. That said, I don't think real estate is as easily abused as stocks. Much harder to influence the value.
- vkou 4y ago> So, they can't own a home in a location they represent? They could always try renting. A lot of people manage to get by doing just that.
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