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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
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[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Housing shouldn't be an investment asset, especially in a for profit system, or you'll just make BlackRock again.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think that’s what s/he was trying to resolve with the doubling of tax on each additional property. It would become cost prohibitive very quickly to have multiple properties.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You would have to close the endless amounts of tax deductions on real estate to make it matter. If they can write off the loss as a business cost than the portfolio will just eat the tax and pass it on to the renters.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes. No single change will solve the problem. It would have to be comprehensive.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And persistent. We cannot get complacent half way through this one.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It shouldn't be an investment asset.

Homebuilding is still a business though. You still need someone to risk their money, assemble the materials and crew, complete the project and find a buyer for it.

If there's no demand for a product no one will build it. There's always going to be demand for a mythical product that can't be built. Like cheap housing.

I just spent $2,000 on a handful of wood, shingles, and siding to patch my house up. like 1/10th of a single wide trailer. That's just the materials i'll be providing the labor which would normally cost $30-$60 hour.

So it shouldn't be an investment asset, someone still has to invest in it being built, so that a homeowner may live there.

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is that sort of thing not exactly what our taxes should be paying for?

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ya in an ideal world. Currently the system runs by me fixing up a house and losing $50,000 of my hard earned money so a young family can get a cheap house. I'd preferred if the government compensated me for my contribution to the housing crisis?