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Wouldn’t this lead you to postulate that the housing crisis in America is real and out of control when the money you give them goes right into housing?
Is this how they intend to fleece America? Give people a guaranteed income paid for by their tax dollars, so it can go right into government subsidized housing, owned and run by a shadow company that the politicians and their buddies just happen to be on the board of?
Honestly if it means guaranteed housing(which it doesn't) then I'd be down with that. It's better than getting fleeced with no house.
Have you ever been inside of current government funded housing?
No, but I have to imagine it's superior to a cardboard box or a bridge
It's fine, but it depends on upkeep. Just like any other housing. It was a good idea, but needs funding (like roads, bridges, etc.).
Plenty of people live in unmaintained apartments owned by slumlords, but nobody's saying "look at how bad private housing is!" Few people (dummies) say "look how bad public roads are!" and advocate private toll roads and bridges.
We have all the money we need to fund such projects, provided we stop running eight wars at once abroad and then paying for other countries' wars too.
You are thinking too small and distracting from the main point here. From a strictly economic standpoint, we have enough money to do all these things.
Uh yeah actually. It's not a luxury apartment but it's not bad either.
You must not live in Chicago.
@BobGnarley @Maggoty
Have you ever been without housing? I'm assuming not or you wouldn't have made that argument.
Being bad in one place doesn't mean it's bad everywhere. I'm sorry you had a bad experience but elsewhere the government functions as a renter of last resort with properties all over the place. What's bad is the high rise projects that were made to corral poor minorities and cut them off from the rest of society.
Congratulations, you managed to make people having a place to live sound not just bad, but sinister.
"Kapitalet höjer hyrorna, och Staten bostadsbidragen."
The Swedes were calling out this game back in 1972.
Of course, our solution was to just stop subsidizing housing altogether and screw over poor people.
Whoa there, we already know the future of subsidized housing is corporate towns. Why give it to the people when you can just give it to their rich boss instead?
I feel guaranteed income amount should be based on government contracted rates for places providing something akin to a single occupancy dorm room. so food and shelter in a basic way is covered.
Who's tax dollars, it has to be a wealth transfer or the scheme won't work.
Texas doesn't have an income tax but it has incredibly high property taxes. In a very real way, this program is literally funded by taxing the super wealthy, including foreign investors. If you are a foreign national that owns a condo in one of the downtown highrises, you still pay property taxes.
Source: Former Austinite.