I don’t know what makes people think that this is a difficult problem to solve or that the government is trying to solve the problem. It’s quite the opposite, n

I don’t know what makes people think that this is a difficult problem to solve or that the government is trying to solve the problem. It’s quite the opposite, nearly all governments are trying to increase property values. This is both to win support from older voters who own property and to increase their tax revenue. Actually lowering home prices will upset their constituents and disrupt their budgets, a lose/lose proposition. Meanwhile most young people do not really understand what is going on and are easily convinced that the these same leaders are doing everything they can and it is all the fault of some greedy investors/banks/etc. for which the government is powerless to oppose. In my opinion a lot of the push to put ever more emphasis on “social” issues we have seen lately is to distract the growing number of young voters from economic issues so that these efforts can continue.