Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017)

Re:Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017) by akgerber on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:22PM (#16182123)

Half of Hong Kong's population lives in public housing, as does 82% of Singapore's population: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_Singapore

Which probably reflects that people are more willing to be exposed to market fluctuations when their basic necessities are met by the state.

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Re:Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017) by seanmcdirmid on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:22PM (#16182570)

If they didn't do that, everyone who wasn't rich would be forced out of those cities, or would have to live with their parents and not have any kids (in Singapore's case). It has more to do with the unregulated market that public housing was necessary (and in Singapore, it really isn't the public housing you are used to).

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Re:Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017) by ceejayoz on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:27PM (#16182174)

"Basic necessities are met by the state" and "most people live in public housing" are pretty antithetical to libertarianism, aren't they?

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