theblondepenguin

theblondepenguin OP t1_j9ju095 wrote

It is going to hit the lower middle class the most, because landlords are going to pass along the extra cost to the renters who have already seen substantial increases in rent. Pair the increasing rent with the real estate investment trusts and property managers buying up all the property they can homeownership is going to seem more out of reach then ever.

It also drives me bonkers that these companies are in the best position to take the tax advantages that we pay for, in the form of subsidies for eco-initiatives historical preservation,subsidized housing among others.

If they really wanted to help the middle classes they wouldn’t charge property taxes on single family primary residences (even if it is limited to property under a million in value) and increase the price on single family residences that are income producing. Unfortunately it wouldn’t stop the cost from going to the renter but it would at least stop punishing the homeowners for the positive development of an area.

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theblondepenguin t1_j9jns3a wrote

My husband gets paralyzed by the idea that there is better out there. He won’t read a book because he isn’t sure that it is the most important knowledge. He won’t write because someone else could say it better.

I told him the other day that the most important knowledge is the one you absorb; by waiting for the best you are shutting yourself off from a wealth of information.

And who cares if someone can say it better, that doesn’t detract from what you have said maybe your iteration will help someone understand the “better” ones more completely maybe not, there being someone else who said it doesn’t detract from your voice

I haven’t convinced him so I will 100% be using this to enhance my conversation, because they said it better and that doesn’t detract from my voice it enhances it.

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