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Your entire argument is basically "how dare someone have something I don't" and "people shouldn't seek to mitigate risk".

This won't get far with me, and seems to me to be a pointless response.

Are you seriously of the thought that owning more than one home is wrong? And renting it to someone that cannot afford to buy a home is wrong? If so, why?

Do you get mad if that person just leaves the money in the bank, and the second home isn't built?

Are you mad people may make more than you? Do you believe everyone should just be given all the same stuff?

This is essentiall your argument.

How does that function, societally? Magic?




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> I cannot express to you in words how little your opinion means to me.

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> No it isn't, your straw-man is pathetic

I came into this argument sympathetic to your point of view, and I think I might have flipped my position.

OP's arguments are far from straw men.


You're quite abusive, but beyond that, you're not really responding in kind.

The post you originally responded to, simply explained the risks involved in renting, and why a credit check is often used to reduce that risk.

As a response you went on a rant about, essentially, "screw landlords" inline with "because they have what I don't". This is effectively what you said, and you've doubled down here.

No matter what, you're blaming the wrong people. If you have an issue with how certain aspects of our free economy works, I'll listen. But blaming landlords is akin to blaming car dealerships because a car is expensive. It's finger pointing without cause.




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