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In reply to the discussion: Why not outlaw landlordism? [View all]True Blue Door
(2,969 posts)Either someone can come up with genuine fundamental objections or not, but so far what I'm hearing is the following:
1. Big Gubmint! (Don't give a shit.)
2. It would throw people out on the streets! (Nope - already addressed that many times. There would be fewer homeless without landlordism artificially inflating the costs of living, and there are vast, easily imaginable options to mitigate disruption to renters.)
3. It would reduce revenues from property taxes! (Nope - people with x income can afford y dollars worth of property, and will buy that much property regardless of whether it's a giant mansion or a small condo, so the revenue they contribute would stay the same over the long-term, if not increase with rising general prosperity).
4. What about (insert specific case)?!?!?! (Doesn't address the fundamental idea, just asks how to write specific legislation, which is way beyond the scope of whether the idea is basically sound. Similar objections could be raised to every single law that's already actually on the books.)
Reality.