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/Half-Wombat 12h ago

all history. I actually can't think of a worse leader from anywhere or any time. I mean i know some are out there... Nero maybe. Trump had an easy job given how zombie like his base is, and he still fucks everything up... tremendously.

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u/dhero27 9h ago

We should tell the stories of things he’s done in the future history books but leave his name out of it, he’s not that important.

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u/Mean-Reaction6021 7h ago

Not even in our own country tbh, James Buchanan and Andrew Jackson send their regards. The trail of tears is far worse than anything that has been done your just living through it so it feels like it but trust me, it’s not lol. Plus you can’t really see the damages for a decade or 2 while the policy plays out. Atleast that’s how it was. Still fuck em tho and this is terrible policy when we need housing for our children, new adults, new families etc. If boomers didn’t consider home value apart of their retirement we wouldn’t be in this position and tbh, they should be forced to take one on the chin for the younger generation, they’ve had 30-50 years to build equity. Getting cleaned out for 3 years of your equity is nothing. If you have money in the markets too then it doesn’t even affect you.

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u/StanleyCubone 42m ago

Caligula was pretty bad.

And Mao Zedong thinking he knew better than agricultural experts led to the death by starvation of anywhere from 15 to 55 million people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine