Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer...
by ben_w on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @05:19AM
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> Your rent could be $1000 instead of $2000 if your landlord's income wasn't taxed so much. Your Chipotle meal could be $6 instead of $12 if the franchise owner and their commercial property landlord weren't taxed so much, let alone the workers.
I'm a landlord, and lol no, that's not how that works.
The rent my agent decides to charge on my behalf is decided by what the market will tolerate. They're always pushing to raise it, until there's nobody around who wants to pay the higher number. It's very much a number-go-up dynamic — I even had to explicitly tell them not to raise it during the pandemic when they wanted to, when the UK cost-of-living crisis was in the news.
The tax I get charged doesn't change what my tenants pay at all.
I'm a landlord, and lol no, that's not how that works.
The rent my agent decides to charge on my behalf is decided by what the market will tolerate. They're always pushing to raise it, until there's nobody around who wants to pay the higher number. It's very much a number-go-up dynamic — I even had to explicitly tell them not to raise it during the pandemic when they wanted to, when the UK cost-of-living crisis was in the news.
The tax I get charged doesn't change what my tenants pay at all.