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atyh · 55w
You would not believe just how much bureaucracy is built on top of you living in a simple structure on your own land. The entire bureaucratic system is built to siphon off as much wealth as possible ...
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Interesting.
Ive started to think where I live in the UK (where most peoples wealth is in their house) the amount of houses constructed is carefully managed to ensure prices don't go down. Any "housing crisis" could easily be fixed (build more houses), but the supply/demand economic incentives are out of whack. It's a covert lever of the economy.
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atyh · 55w
on a local level, in the NW US, ive been looking at the county code policies for about 4 years. the conclusion ive come to is that the codes are rooted in 3 goals… 1. maximize local government income. 2. force money flow to cooperative partner corporations 3. aggressively outlaw anything which is...
Nic · 55w
We have the same issue in Canada. Everyone's savings are in their houses, and our government's GDP relies on the real estate market. Therefore, the bubble must keep inflating.