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Re:Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional bu... by MBCook on Sunday July 13, 2025 @11:14PM (#44556104)
I’m a bit concerned that not allowing this it all would have some sort of perverse effect that I’m not for seeing.

I’m not in the real estate industry so I’m sure there’s things I don’t know about.

So I picked a really big number to dissuade it, but left open the possibility.

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Re:Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional bu... by dennis_jeeves2 on Monday July 14, 2025 @09:37AM (#44560101)
I was being sarcastic. taxes are rarely a good solution to our ills, because you are enabling tyranny from the gvt. And yes there are places/situations where taxes have exceed 100%.
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