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Trump Very Clearly States That He Wants To Make Housing Even Less Affordable
https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-very-clearly-states-that-heRobyn Pennacchia
Bad news for Millennials who thought they might someday own their own home -- President Trump just announced his exciting new plan to make sure that this never, ever happens. Rather than jumping on the "affordability" train like he pretended he was going to do for a minute, he's going to make sure that housing prices keep going up so that those who have homes now can keep their wealth (unless, you know, they plan on moving somewhere else at any point).
This should not be particularly surprising to any of us, especially seeing as how Trump has long bragged about how very proud he is of ensuring that no one is building any affordable housing near people who are currently well-off and therefore should not have to be around such riff-raff. Not to mention the fact that he was personally sued for housing discrimination, by the Nixon administration, due to his refusal to rent to Black people.
"Existing housing, people that own their homes, we're gonna keep them wealthy," he said in a room full of people and also cameras. "We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody that didn't work very hard can buy a home."
Oh? People haven't worked hard enough? Really? Because 52 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers have a full-time job and at least one "side-hustle." They call it "polyworking" now, because apparently we just need to keep making up cutesy terms and writing trend pieces to make up for the fact that nearly half of US workers make below a living wage.
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This should not be particularly surprising to any of us, especially seeing as how Trump has long bragged about how very proud he is of ensuring that no one is building any affordable housing near people who are currently well-off and therefore should not have to be around such riff-raff. Not to mention the fact that he was personally sued for housing discrimination, by the Nixon administration, due to his refusal to rent to Black people.
"Existing housing, people that own their homes, we're gonna keep them wealthy," he said in a room full of people and also cameras. "We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody that didn't work very hard can buy a home."
Oh? People haven't worked hard enough? Really? Because 52 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers have a full-time job and at least one "side-hustle." They call it "polyworking" now, because apparently we just need to keep making up cutesy terms and writing trend pieces to make up for the fact that nearly half of US workers make below a living wage.
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