Of course people know how the political system works. Any Bernie win would have to be accompanied by a wave of progressive candidates across the board in Congress for this to happen, everyone knows that. Every presidential candidate in his…

I am a paramedic, and about 25% of my calls end up with me acting as a primary care doctor to homeless and low-income people.This is an insane waste of tax dollars, not to mention I'm in no way qualified to manage chronic diseases, but I'm…

Then after she had her calm life she no longer needed her escape and couldn't ignore the fact that she never actually wanted me as a person. She only wanted what I represented; what I no longer needed to provide. So she started cheating on…

As horribly sexist as it sounds I would recommend a friend or family member and their husband/boyfriend. Or her brother or something having a guy along adds a layer of safety, plus it's possible people who won't take OP seriously will take…

the conservative or libertarian idea of rights is focused on negative rights, like "you have a right to not be punched in the face", which does not require a cost or labor from other people. My right to free speech does not require someone…

Ridiculous. Plus on the practical level too. Imagine all the rules and regs that would exist in order to live in a government house. You probably wouldn’t even be given legal title over it. You would just be a tenet and the government woul…

what are the responsibilities of those entitled?How much can home owners control what is built next to or near them? How does the level of that control throttle home value/prices. Would you prefer a whorehouse next door or a mansion? Again…

I live in a popular vacation destination and lack of affordable housing is killing our community. Our homeless population is huge, and even people who have decent jobs can’t afford a home in the area (I have a government job and I can’t!) …

therefore are accessible to all citizens. You don't share ownership of privately owned land, therefore you're not entitled to it's use.We can wax poetic/virtue signal about how housing is a human right to make ourselves feel nice, but the …

They do not guarantee the allocation of anything and are categorically different from entitlements, which cannot be guaranteed.Entitlements are resources which are made available to people which society agrees is for the betterment of the …

No, your saying that the homes must be built. So who is going to build them if they won't make a profit, if they will be used to house people who can't afford them? No one. If you can't make a profit, no one will build them. Your advocatin…

Yes I do. All the time. Either paying for it through taxes or at the time of exacting said right to someone else’s labor.I also don’t have control over it. For example, I have a house and have to pay taxes so that schools in the area are f…

She just put in a washer dryer unit for a lady who has been renting from her for more than 20 years. My mom loves her and when asked she was happy to do it. The washer dryer unit was 1,200 the plumber was 2,200, the electrician was 800, de…

My mother owns 12 small rental in the suburbs of Chicago (they are small apts in various buildings around her house). Her income is generally 30-60k per year depending on how much maintenance costs. I wouldn't say she works more than say 4…

Even if the majority of rental income goes towards the landlord's mortgage, that's not an expense, that's equity going into the property, which the landlord gets back. It's a bit like saying 'my profit margin is slim because I put most of …

Don't blame taxes. We don't have a problem with excessive taxation. If anything we have the opposite problem as evidenced by our revenue. We haven't run at a surplus since clinton (sort of) and it's because every republican president has c…

I take great exception to any argument that advocates for deregulation. The law exists to tell the bad man what not to do. And the only reason we even have regulations is because our society has demonstrated that they can't help themselves…

I agree that housing should be a right for all people but where the question becomes more complex is over the location of that housing.In a Canadian example people often cite the crazy home prices in Toronto and Vancouver but nobody ever m…