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Re:JPMorgan to spend $1B on rental homes in the US to become... by sokoloff on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:14PM (#34208942)
The 40 people living on that acre demand more local government services (schools, libraries, fire/police protection, etc.) which are paid for with property taxes (in general) than the empty acre does.
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Re:JPMorgan to spend $1B on rental homes in the US to become... by iso1631 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:26PM (#34209092)
And thus you miss the entire point
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Re:JPMorgan to spend $1B on rental homes in the US to become... by sokoloff on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:35PM (#34209203)
That the people who use government services should, on average, pay money towards supporting those government services?
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Re:JPMorgan to spend $1B on rental homes in the US to become... by iso1631 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:32PM (#34252871)
That's the principal behind capitalism, not government services.
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