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wildeyed

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9. Working the polls for a Dem candidate, I overheard one of my fricking neighbors

Tue May 9, 2017, 04:06 PM

May 2017

say that only people who own property should be allowed to vote since they are the only ones who have skin in the game. Out loud. Where people could hear him Me and the only other Dem started inching away from him after that. What a crazy ass. His candidate (Robert Pittenger, who else) showed up later and I trash talked him pretty good about how all the Republican women I knew were voting for the female Dem

Good times, good times....

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NYT didn't pull any punches: How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality [View all] wildeyed May 2017 OP

It's a very divisive topic- owners want their tax breaks. bettyellen May 2017 #1

We don't want to look at where they come from, that's for sure. wildeyed May 2017 #3

Kills me when I hear local pols say renters dont pay taxes- the taxes come from our damned rent. bettyellen May 2017 #6

Working the polls for a Dem candidate, I overheard one of my fricking neighbors wildeyed May 2017 #9

oh wow, that is rough. as a woman, i have had bosses explain to me over and over agin why they paid bettyellen May 2017 #10

GOOD article ismnotwasm May 2017 #2

Reminds me of this post. muntrv May 2017 #4

I am not really understanding this. frankieallen May 2017 #5

80% of the tax relief goes to people making six figures or more. housing prices are propped up bettyellen May 2017 #7

families making six figures are far far from the "wealthiest Americans", two completely different frankieallen May 2017 #18

Wealthier/ wealthiest... If you have to make six figures to benefit, it's not for "working families" bettyellen May 2017 #23

30 year mortgages are front end loaded, meaning the MID helps with making those first years frankieallen May 2017 #24

I am saying that mythical family you mention doesnt deserve 80% more than the working class who make bettyellen May 2017 #27

I don't benifit from it, my home is paid for, I spent 22 years making payments and it was frankieallen May 2017 #29

you DID benefit, and it helped you get a leg up. A leg up offered to very few earners under 100K bettyellen May 2017 #30

I didn't make anything near 100K when i bought my home, or for the first 15 years frankieallen May 2017 #32

you never read the article, and celebrating when so many others were excluded from assistance- ugly bettyellen May 2017 #34

Ha, ok, I'm celebrating. Your just baiting me. frankieallen May 2017 #36

ahh, it;s fake news because you don;t like admitting it benefits the upperclasss. bettyellen May 2017 #37

I'm not understanding your not understanding dumbcat May 2017 #8

the bigger the mortgage, the bigger the tax break- 80% of this tax relief goes to people bettyellen May 2017 #11

I agree dumbcat May 2017 #13

oh sorry- I misunderstood you! Thanks. bettyellen May 2017 #14

An elimination of the mortgage interest deduction would simply lead to lower home prices taught_me_patience May 2017 #12

And it encourages people to purchase the largest, most expensive home they can afford. wildeyed May 2017 #15

30K of mortgage interest in a year? what do you live in a castle? frankieallen May 2017 #22

"The wealthiest of Americans do not pay mortgage interest, or very little. " NCTraveler May 2017 #17

Fine, cap it then. frankieallen May 2017 #20

One of the things discussed in the article. NCTraveler May 2017 #26

The article suggests capping the deduction, not getting rid of it altogether. wildeyed May 2017 #19

And i totally agree with capping it. frankieallen May 2017 #21

Sorry I mis-typed slightly. wildeyed May 2017 #28

In metropolitan areas, 600k is not much for a home, radius777 May 2017 #31

I'm a homeowner and business owner. wildeyed May 2017 #33

the deductions help to offset many of the costs and fees radius777 May 2017 #38

Agree completely, as do most actual Dem voters, radius777 May 2017 #35

"We need to stop the huge entitlements paid out to the wealthiest" NCTraveler May 2017 #16

And that's one of the reasons why California has Renter's Credit. haele May 2017 #25