Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "Rent crisis: why is renting so bad in the UK?" video.

  1. The same one that left Britain bankrupt having to run to the IMF for a bailout in the 1970's?
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  2. LOL. The same left-wing party that was responsible for bankrupting the UK in 60's and 70's?
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  3. And so is a lot of their voter base.
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  4.  @shanepatrick641  So is socialism on top of being unsustainable as whatever prosperity it does enjoy seldom lasts.
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  5. Including personal greed on the part of tenants.
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  6. It worked out for the women in Germany.
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  7.  @angelbiscuits  Yes it is.
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  8. Because the rich save and especially invest while the poor spend all they have.
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  9. Well, that money has to come from somewhere to pay for all those social programs and keep social democracy going.
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  10. LOL. Corby wasn't going to do anything but take the UK back to the 60's.
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  11. Eh. No.
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  12. @Cathie But Singapore is an island with nowhere else to build.
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  13. LOL. How in the world is another tax going to increase supply?
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  14. Actually on property taxes.
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  15. <They do favour for rich! > Because the rich contribute the most to the treasury and their campaigns. Makes sense.
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  16. If you want that convenience, it's either pay up or shut up. The landlord is not the one being greedy here. That would be you thinking you're entitled to a center city lifestyle but unable/unwilling to pay center city prices.
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  17. And watch housing supply further shrink as no one wants to build new housing or want anything to do with the rental market. And new renters can forget about getting an apartment.
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  18. There's nothing capitalist about zoning restrictions.
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  19. Which lies with the city government and their zoning restrictions, bureaucracy, NIMBY voter base, ect.
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  20. Apparently.
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  21. And. Then. Eat. Each. Other.
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