Comments by "duncan smith" (@duncansmith7562) on "Luxembourg: Poverty in Europe's wealthiest country | DW Documentary" video.

if you don't collect rent, then you are not renting your property. you have given it to someone else. other people in this world are not as wealthy as you, and don't have property they can give away, so please think of those poorer than you that don't have your luxury of choices available.
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it's not investment to blame, but the insane government rules and regulations that discourage landlords from renting any properties.
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"Orban is such a bad guy, because he won't give parasitic me all the charity I can get here in Luxemburg"
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Alexandra is not addressing homelessness. She is feeding it, making the problem a lot worse, and should be scorned for such destructive nonsense.
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@sanepillow59 1. why would developed land, with new housing on the land, depreciate the value of the land? you are ignorant. you think an empty field is worth more than a field with capital assets on it? you think it is cheaper to buy a field with a house on it than just an empty field? you truly know nothing. 2. landlords are not parasitical at all. they provide a service for those willing to pay. would you say a teacher, who provides education for a fee, is parasitical? this is much simpler than you imagine. no one wants to become a landlord because there is only headache and insufficient profit in it. period. remove government restrictions and the free market will take care of the problem.
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yeah, for encouraging more and more homelessness by feeding the homeless, she deserves a medal!
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@sanepillow59 there is a very good reason why housing can't be in the hands of people owning it. to put it simply, very few people can afford to own a home. they ain't got the money. landlords are not feudal lords. they are entrepreneurs. when you say "they" need to build more housing, who is "they", exactly? it's clear you have no idea what is causing the housing shortage. you probably think mass immigration has nothing to do with the high demand for accommodation.
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some of us have gone hungry and slept rough and don't have empathy for those who wallow in that state and do nothing but blame others and the government.
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@daHumbleOne yes, what a wonderful accomplishment, she has managed to postpone the hunger of today until tomorrow and forever more. how about she works on a project to solve the problem rather than encourage the problem?
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@sanepillow59 simple question for you. do immigrants coming to Luxemburg from places like Hungary increase, or decrease, the demand for housing?
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@jjosephm7539 depends who you are.
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@andrewmclaughlin2701 nailed it.
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@baardagaam Read some basic macro economics. Belgium does not have the richest people in the world! The good people of Monaco and Qatar are laughing hysterically at you! When you say "exploiting it", tell me exactly what that means. I suspect you mean renting out developed units to people who need them! That is not exploitation, but providing a valuable service!
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@baardagaam "should be able to" = your vision of an ideal world. some of us aren't interested in your visions, but in how the world actually is. in the real world, some people can afford their own home, and some can't. end of story. get real.
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Alexandra still trying to figure out how it is that giving the homeless more and more handouts results in ever more homeless people coming in search of more and more handouts. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is she?
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"worried by rising prices in the country" welcome to the consequences of Green policies, lockdowns and sanctions on Russia, honey. Get used to it.
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you mean the nurse was fine with EU citizens availing themselves of EU Freedom of Movement, Freedom of Labour and Freedom of Residence rules, but didn't think that North Africans should be imported into the EU. I agree with the nurse.
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@sanepillow59 no, they didn't explain "why" in the video. in the video, they gave a woke, socialist version of what is wrong and never addressed the underlying reasons. they never do in these lefty reports. the underlying reasons, like mass immigration, government overreach, Green policies, are things they don't want to explore, because their narrative would be destroyed.
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@HarisP000 and how would fewer people buying places to rent, and therefore fewer places to rent, make rental accommodation MORE, not less, available? it would surely make the situation much worse!
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@karlabritfeld7104 and sometimes it is an investment that works out! sometimes not.
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@pipfox7834 and in this case, the "arch troll" is giving you the truth. feel free to point out what i said that is not true. if you can.
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homes have ALWAYS been an investment.
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@pipfox7834 who cares what, or what is not, "formally classed" as anything? whatever system of bogus classification you love to cling to, housing has always been an investment! Always!
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@0ozmichka0 how would you define "empty"? a farm? a bird sanctuary? a national park? any green field with a footpath through it? Wembley Stadium pitch? your plan would scare people away from investing in any project that involved land and would make the problem much worse.
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@pipfox7834 I recommend you get your nose out of propagandistic socialist nonsense and talk to someone like me, who lived through the Thatcher years and went to work in USA in the late 80's. The Thatcher and Reagan years were golden years. of course there were those who lost out when government handouts and subsidies were removed, but the long term effects of deregulation were freedom and a healthy economy. I'm sure you much prefer the hyper inflation of the Carter years and the 3 day working week under Heath, but those of us who lived through that period know the truth.
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@daHumbleOne and when that hungry person then reproduces and brings in two hungry children into the world, do you salute her for multiplying the problem?
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So fat Serge has enough money to gorge himself and get a tattoo, but nothing to sort his life out.
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so, the customers of this great newspaper enterprise are...the government! nothing like taxpayers paying for newspapers made by the people who want more and more handouts from the taxpayers!
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Looks like Luxemburg is just fine with importing the poor and homeless. Not sure what news this report is bringing us. more of the same EU foolishness.
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"the law says the man has to leave the apartment" so, Serge, when will you wake up to the fact that white, indigenous males are the targets of woke government in the EU?
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At least the Green Party will be delighted that Luxemburg land owners resist the notion of the whole country being covered with urban construction.
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