wyrdough
wyrdough t1_itb253g wrote
Reply to comment by Lord_Mormont in Many countries have a "hidden welfare state" for incumbent homeowners, as governments subsidize homeowners through the tax system. The homeownership welfare state is strongest in the US and other Anglophone countries, but weakest in the Scandinavian countries. by smurfyjenkins
Or someone without the necessary executive function to keep on top of maintenance.
wyrdough t1_itb1ign wrote
Reply to comment by forebill in Many countries have a "hidden welfare state" for incumbent homeowners, as governments subsidize homeowners through the tax system. The homeownership welfare state is strongest in the US and other Anglophone countries, but weakest in the Scandinavian countries. by smurfyjenkins
Not charging you as much tax as someone else with the same income is logically a form of subsidy. When we let people deduct childcare expenses, we are subsidizing parents. When we let people deduct medical expenses, we are subsidizing health. By allowing people to deduct student loan expenses, we are subsidizing higher education.
I'm not going to say that any of those are a bad thing, but they are certainly a thing easily distinguished from deductions for work-related/business expenses.
wyrdough t1_ix122fb wrote
Reply to comment by BikerJedi in TIFU by shutting down an entire airline in 1997, costing them six figures. by BikerJedi
Sure, it's that easy if the loop is actually at the switch or rack of switches. If it's some random place out in the building or worse a particular PC happens to have multiple network cards plugged into separate ports and someone inadvertantly enabled bridging on them, it can be a lot harder to find.