The Real Reason You Can't Afford a House
1M views · Jun 6, 2026 · Education
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@araaraavery · 3 months ago
my body is a machine that turns my bosses money into my landlords money
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@riOdariot · 3 months ago
"it's always good to have wheels on your home when the bank is chasing you down for the mortgage payments" 😂😂😂🎉
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@scottgrondin9700 · 3 months ago
So many Canadian politicians are also landlords - reinforcing bad policy to inflate their own investments.
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@Tenmar. · 3 months ago
One of the biggest economic mistakes was making a system where housing becomes an financial asset that increases in value.<br><br>It's all fake and harmful. Houses depreciate and will need to be overhauled and replaced to meet modern infrastructure.
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@htonmusic · 3 months ago
laughs nervously in australia
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@Iuhnauguw · 3 months ago
"Houses are for living in, not for speculation"
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@Stepica · 3 months ago
"If your goal is to solve a national housing shortage, driving your contruction industry into insolvency is a suboptimal approach."<br><br>I giggled way too loud
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@soapy17 · 3 months ago
Patrick's getting his monies worth out of the word dunger
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@KoboldAdvocate · 3 months ago
It's weird how we're supposed to see cheaper housing as a bad thing
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@junfour · 3 months ago
- "Oh noes, housing prices are down!"<br>- "Huh, were you gonna sell your house?"<br>- "No."
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@Palpatine001 · 3 months ago
As New Zealand Economy Pundit Bernard Hickey mused: New Zealand's Economy is just a wealth extracting housing ponzi with bits of an actual economy stuck to the side.
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