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In the discussion thread: Should we now mandate everyone must own a house? [View all]

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Mon Jul 2, 2012, 03:12 AM

JDPriestly (37,760 posts)

105. A little like the Section 8 program.

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107 replies	Author	Time	Post
Should we now mandate everyone must own a house? [View all]	quinnox	Jun 2012	OP
First,	ProSense	Jun 2012	#1
That must be why he has worked so hard to prop up the false valuations of real estate. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#22
Your comment makes no sense. n/t	ProSense	Jun 2012	#72
By keeping artificially inflated valuations high, he can avoid a call to help the homeless.	Egalitarian Thug	Jul 2012	#94
Say what you will about Edwards...	stopwastingmymoney	Jul 2012	#93
there IS a mandate to own a house.	unblock	Jun 2012	#2
No, that would be a mandate to have a mortgage.	Igel	Jun 2012	#13
and no property tax deduction either?	unblock	Jun 2012	#42
Right. And the odd thing is that renters help landlords buy their rental properties.	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#104
We should come up with another really regressive tax..	girl gone mad	Jun 2012	#3
Oh, you are so wicked.	BlueCheese	Jun 2012	#43
:slow clap:	4th law of robotics	Jun 2012	#47
You're giving them IDEAS...	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#65
ACA gives people coverage in 133% poverty.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#69
Now there's an idea.	woo me with science	Jul 2012	#97
A little like the Section 8 program.	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#105
Please explain how the tax is regressive.	Warren Stupidity	Jul 2012	#106
No because there are other options. When it comes to the fact that one day everybody will need	jillan	Jun 2012	#4
Everyone needs a roof over their head.	dkf	Jun 2012	#27
Rent? nt	yewberry	Jun 2012	#29
Could it be this?	sad sally	Jun 2012	#5
Sure ... as long as it subsidized for low and low middle wage earners	etherealtruth	Jun 2012	#6
Blurs an already fuzzy distinction.	Igel	Jun 2012	#15
All valid ... and if my post was anything other than a flippant response	etherealtruth	Jun 2012	#40
What tax breaks are there for home owners? Do you mean tax breaks for mortgage	kelly1mm	Jun 2012	#36
Thank you for a serious response to my very flippant post	etherealtruth	Jun 2012	#37
I think a more thoughtful question would be 'Can the Federal Government mandate that	kelly1mm	Jun 2012	#41
I think there is a huge difference between owning a physical structure\item	loyalsister	Jun 2012	#7
"The mandate is about personal and social responsibility."	girl gone mad	Jun 2012	#9
+ a million	quinnox	Jun 2012	#11
wait	ProSense	Jun 2012	#12
I agree. How long are we going to have to put up with bitter OP's re. the mandate.Move on already.nm	rhett o rick	Jun 2012	#14
Until there's a public option and we can dismiss their talking points.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#60
Social responsibility would be to provide universal health care thru a universal one-payer	sad sally	Jun 2012	#28
How is this difficult	loyalsister	Jun 2012	#26
Well, that's what the Heritage Foundation always said. Democrats, otoh, opposed forcing	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#33
"The Right said they were just lazy bums who wanted the rest of us to pay for them"	loyalsister	Jun 2012	#38
So because you know one person who is a jerk, you judge everyone by	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#50
People should never, ever support of not support policy based on their own biases. -- huh?	loyalsister	Jun 2012	#55
If everyone without insurance had it, they too would not be stressed or dying.	sabrina 1	Jul 2012	#75
Isn't that the point of ACA?	loyalsister	Jul 2012	#78
It's a baby step, a small one, which is better than nothing. It won't help	sabrina 1	Jul 2012	#82
"Always" said? They backed off their faux mandate decades ago.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#63
Republicans are not against mandates. They are against Obama. If he was against them they	sabrina 1	Jul 2012	#74
Except they fawned over Obama's anti-mandate rhetoric and bashed Mitt for being pro-mandates.	joshcryer	Jul 2012	#76
the mandate does not force the poor to buy something they cannot afford	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#90
Yes that is the way things work here in the US and that is what we	sabrina 1	Jul 2012	#95
The health insurance mandate is similar to the...	meaculpa2011	Jun 2012	#8
What do you mean?	SunsetDreams	Jun 2012	#16
only thing i can think of is to elect republicans to repeal the law....	dionysus	Jun 2012	#21
If you like what your government is doing...	meaculpa2011	Jun 2012	#23
Who do you mean specifically?	SunsetDreams	Jun 2012	#24
Specifically, the politicians that continually use their power...	meaculpa2011	Jun 2012	#34
Ah so I take it you mean	SunsetDreams	Jun 2012	#54
"The only viable recourse" to what, elect republicans who will repeal the law?	dionysus	Jun 2012	#20
what higher tax do you pay if you don't buy a house? nt	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#86
Shut up and eat your broccoli	pinboy3niner	Jun 2012	#10
I am sorry you consider the ACA such a bitter pill. We have the mandate, let's move on. nm	rhett o rick	Jun 2012	#17
we know, we know. we didn't have votes for single payer or a public option.	dionysus	Jun 2012	#18
There are thousands, if not literally millions of pools.	TheKentuckian	Jun 2012	#32
NO, because NOT having a house doesn't affect everyone else who does. Have a nice day.	FarLeftFist	Jun 2012	#19
check-mate.	Quantess	Jun 2012	#39
Actually it does in similar ways	JonLP24	Jun 2012	#64
Having a large homeless population doesn't affect anyone who isn't actually homeless?	Fumesucker	Jul 2012	#79
Antonin	frazzled	Jun 2012	#25
As a REALTOR, I say yes.	mmonk	Jun 2012	#30
Yes we should have a housing mandate...	Kalidurga	Jun 2012	#31
Does that mean I can move out of my house to the park and then a week later buy a house for $1???	CAG	Jun 2012	#35
1. You can RENT HOUSING. You CANNOT RENT HEALTH INSURANCE or health care	magical thyme	Jun 2012	#44
Actually, you do rent health inurance	demwing	Jun 2012	#53
That's debatable. Your payments into the health system are going to be...	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#58
Try missing a payment and get sick after that and see if you get anything returned to you.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#67
Try missing a payment on a house...	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#70
you don't rent services. you buy them either in one payment or 'on time.'	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#85
You can't borrow against a home you're renting	demwing	Jul 2012	#92
when you borrow against a home you own	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#96
NO, we need to MANDATE THAT EVERYBODY LIVE IN DECENT, SUITABLE HOUSING	magical thyme	Jun 2012	#45
That's right and there should be a tax penalty if you don't have decent housing..	Fumesucker	Jul 2012	#80
but only for the 1% or so who have sufficient wages or income	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#98
Well, it will be subsidized except for the copay and deductible..	Fumesucker	Jul 2012	#99
skateboards	spanone	Jun 2012	#46
It was not upheld under the Commerce Clause	treestar	Jun 2012	#48
It should have been, as Justice Ginsburg demonstrates.	Laelth	Jun 2012	#62
Not so	treestar	Jul 2012	#88
This message was self-deleted by its author	Laelth	Jul 2012	#91
Which makes it interesting	JonLP24	Jun 2012	#68
Doesn't matter how it is labeled	treestar	Jul 2012	#89
As long as we subsidize those who can't afford the payments...	quaker bill	Jun 2012	#49
Yes we should	demwing	Jun 2012	#51
All I know is that people have had to sell their houses because we didn't have the ACA.	freshwest	Jun 2012	#52
The Broccoli Horrible	Laelth	Jun 2012	#56
The Democrats actually tried to give everyone a house.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#57
+1	tawadi	Jun 2012	#61
Silly boy. Tricks are for kids. If you don't buy a house, I don't have to buy you one, do I? nt	Honeycombe8	Jun 2012	#59
Finally.	Warren Stupidity	Jul 2012	#107
+1 x10E+34 - that's a Death Star level ++. You win the entire Internets.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#66
Actually, maybe that's not a bad idea.	Proles	Jun 2012	#71
That's what the EU does. Basic living wage and housing.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#73
Oh please, that is so grandiose!	kenny blankenship	Jul 2012	#77
Sounds like the Community Reinvestment Act before the Republicans gutted it.	joshcryer	Jul 2012	#81
Why?	Rex	Jul 2012	#83
Heh:	joshcryer	Jul 2012	#84
As long as they dont mandate me to own a rocket launcher	Rex	Jul 2012	#100
There are tax incentives to owning a house	treestar	Jul 2012	#87
I'd go along with ensuring that everybody is able to afford access to shelter.	Live and Learn	Jul 2012	#101
Actually, I worked for a homeless project for a number of years, and I	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#102
Yes, fully funded by a hefty tax on all the assholes that own more than one house. nt	Comrade_McKenzie	Jul 2012	#103

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