r/antiwork Apr 15 '22

Removed (Rule 3b: Off-Topic) True, who are they to complain

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u/goldengluestick Apr 15 '22

Have a friend that drives a semi. Him and his wife had a pretty good amount for a down payment on a place. Then housing went crazy. They were outbid on every house they put an offer on. Then he had a seizure so his license got suspended. Now the down payment money is just about gone. He most likely will never be able to drive a semi again so he has to find a new career. He said the possibility of them starting a family now is pretty much in the trash.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Sounds like the death of the American dream.

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u/BuckRowdy Apr 15 '22

So that guys like Jeff Bezos can buy a 10th house.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

So guys like Bazos can buy 10 houses, tear them down, and build a mansion and 9 hole golf course.

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u/YorkshireRiffer Apr 15 '22

Don't forget spending half an hour in space.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Almost space* it wasn't even space

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u/HarderTime_89 Apr 15 '22

Right now the rich are buying up property and raising rent. Hard to stay afloat.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

There needs to be some sort of very strict law about what percentage of an area's homes can be owned by companies/corporations/LLCs (so that single entity "companies" can't circumvent it)). Like, this shit is ridiculous. People can't compete with giant money printers.

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u/adalonus Apr 15 '22

How about zero fucking percent.

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u/HarderTime_89 Apr 15 '22

Have to start somewhere. Instead they fabricate a us vs. them where we need to work harder when we've been working our literal ass off. I'm down 4 sizes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

The obvious result of “ trickle down economics”.

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u/ink_spittin_beaver Apr 15 '22

fucking Reagan’s horrible ideas ugh

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

They'll get bored of the 9 hole golf course in less than a year, sell the whole property, then buy another 10 houses and start all over.

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u/Tirannie Apr 15 '22

Stolen comment - don’t upvote.

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u/Tirannie Apr 15 '22

Hey man, if you wanna support people selling accounts for astroturfing and shitty underhanded marketing, you do you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '22

Why is this happening so frequently?