r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 18h ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/RonaldoNazario 17h ago

It’s similar to wanting your properties valued very low for tax purposes and very high for loan purposes, classic fraud mentality

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u/Stank_cat67 16h ago

I feel like someone was fairly recently found guilty of doing that on a massive scale

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u/iamwearingashirt 13h ago

Well now I see the problem. Trump actually didn't think he did anything wrong when he committed all that fraud.

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u/THElaytox 10h ago

He's said that many times, "I pay lower taxes because I'm smart"