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In reply to the discussion: Capital & Main: Surviving on $1,800 a Month in Social Security, She Died Looking for a Place to Live [View all]IcyPeas
(25,485 posts)61. Healthcare, housing etc. Corporations own everything.
Corporate landlords are buying up all the apartment buildings. It's all about profit and keeping the shareholders happy.
People are being priced-out. It's all price gauging. Never mind price gauging on eggs and toothpaste, they do it with healthcare and housing too. Gotta pay our corporate overlords.
Can this ever be undone?
I always think of The Beatles song Taxman:
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
I'll tax the street
(If you try to sit, sit) I'll tax your seat
(If you get too cold, cold) I'll tax the heat
(If you take a walk, walk) I'll tax your feet
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
I'll tax the street
(If you try to sit, sit) I'll tax your seat
(If you get too cold, cold) I'll tax the heat
(If you take a walk, walk) I'll tax your feet
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
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Capital & Main: Surviving on $1,800 a Month in Social Security, She Died Looking for a Place to Live [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Dec 2024
OP
Yeah, I'm not paying that HOA fee or be involved with an HOA ever again.
Liberal In Texas
Dec 2024
#27
Nope. Never going to happen. People will continue to die because profits matter and people don't.
Solly Mack
Dec 2024
#77
Expect ACA subsidies to be severely cut to where the Exchange will no longer be affordable for
GoodRaisin
Dec 2024
#47
I know. We would be heading in a different direction right now if Kamala was steering.
liberalla
Dec 2024
#42
Decades of tax cuts for the rich and corporations led to defunding of much need public investments like housing.
Yavin4
Dec 2024
#20
The article in the OP is bleak, but Republican rule will make it much, much worse.
Frank D. Lincoln
Dec 2024
#24
40+ years of "trickle-down" bullshit, with Dems opening a spigot every now and then
maxrandb
Dec 2024
#29
It is not common for women who don't earn a spousal benefit to get a worker benefit that high.
valleyrogue
Dec 2024
#50
I'm not saying it's typical, just that's it's possible for the woman in the story.
Elessar Zappa
Dec 2024
#51
She died homeless so that more mansions can be built for those who have no need.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2024
#39
My brother is living off $633/month in Social Security. And yes, he's a Trumper.
SunSeeker
Dec 2024
#62