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f6v
5 months ago
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How the U.K. broke its own economy
> Approximately one in five Members of UK Parliament are landlords or have investments in the property market.
Ah, the class-based society.
thepaulmcbride
5 months ago
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Everybody wants affordable housing until itβs their housing becoming affordable.
rickdeckard
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If only those people outside of my window would just "vote with their wallets" and stop demanding a roof to live under, demand would die down and prices would stabilize again.
It's simple free market economics!
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robertlagrant
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It is indeed simple free market economics: far more demand for housing than there is supply.
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Ah, the class-based society.