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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by scambier on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @07:05AM (#26873044)
Are you seriously comparing owning shares with taking advantage of the need to have a home to take ~30% of someone's monthly income?
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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by chii on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @08:35AM (#26873709)
they are very comparable. Owning shares in a company that takes money to provide essential services? That has been the model of capitalism - fee for service - for a long time, and it has worked. The service gets provided, at the right price that the market can bear ,and still produce a profit for those providing the service. The alternative is to not have that service provided at all!
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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by effingwewt on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:58AM (#26876410)
Then please stop providing the service.

If we had no landlords renting we would all own domiciles.

So please, stop providing these 'services'

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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by jimbob21 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @12:17PM (#26876705)
If we had no grocery stores we would all own farms. Please stop providing these services
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Re:Home ownership is the West’s biggest economic-policy mistake by snypher on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:10AM (#26885949)
In an ideal world.
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