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Old 09-19-2016, 05:31 PM   #243
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Originally Posted by rubecube View Post
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While I agree with you, this is a pretty hard sell to the current generation when the previous generations have pretty well beaten into our heads that house ownership is a measuring stick for both personal and financial worth. There are also some pretty negative downstream effects related to that kind of thinking, specifically a declining birth rate.
Exactly. Long-run for these kinds of initiatives regularly trotted out are a hollowing out of any kind of economic productivity, and a mass exodus of families. This has already started, actually.

I will post a longer rebuttal tomorrow.
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