raydawg
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Oh indeed, a byproduct of capitalism is greed.
I have used the example before. My first home I ever bought in Southern California was for 40 thousand dollars. That was a big commitment for me. It is now around a million dollars, for that 1 bath, 2 bedroom, 900 square feet home. I didn’t sell it for that, but I sold it at a great profit way back, and used the proceeds to climb the real estate ladder.
I always felt like I was taking advantage of a “system” That wasn’t fair and just, in the sense that societial peace, harmony, can only come from stable neighborhoods. Folks need a stake in the “common-welfare” of where they live.... It is like a extended family. When prices restrict young families from “putting down roots” in the name of “profit” we lose something way more valuable.
I cast no stones, as my house is of glass, but I would greatly welcome a restriction on the profit folks can get on the sale of homes.
I am not sure how we get back there, maybe that is what Trump means by making America great again........ Except it needs to be available to all comers, not just the dominant races of the past.... Parts of the past was great, for many, not so much, for others, but that does not mean we can’t make it great for all. Just takes a little less of self and a little more of others, first...
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