return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRenters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years agofortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1786arrow-down110
arrow-up1776arrow-down1external-linkRenters need to make roughly $20,000 more a year to afford the typical rent than they did 5 years agofortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square158fedilink
minus-squareStaySquared@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThat’s definitely not a solution. You just made the argument against it. The U.S. government is the primary reason why our economy is effed.
minus-squarePlague_Doctor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNah, it’s because we don’t tax the wealthy and corporations as the average individual, and let the “market” dictate the price of inelastic sectors ie Healthcare, Food, and Housing.
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoHousing is elastic. I lived with my dad until I was like 30 because of housing prices.
That’s definitely not a solution. You just made the argument against it. The U.S. government is the primary reason why our economy is effed.
Nah, it’s because we don’t tax the wealthy and corporations as the average individual, and let the “market” dictate the price of inelastic sectors ie Healthcare, Food, and Housing.
Housing is elastic. I lived with my dad until I was like 30 because of housing prices.