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Originally Posted by Ooloo
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I love how everyone thinks landlords are these cartoonish rich fat cat evil guys twirling their mustaches and raking in money. The majority of landlords are middle class and have one rental property that they are using to help pay off the mortgage on their own house. People who claim to care about the poor really just hate the rich. They are two very distinct, different things.
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Its about what you can portray as a politician to stay in power. Democrats seem to be doing a great job of their, 'rich people need to pay their fair share' campaign even though they will never make the rich pay more. This housing moratorium is a perfect example where mom and pop landlords are losing everything they've worked for while the large residential investment firm stays afloat and gets to pick up the pieces at a discount when the moratorium washes out. Its pretty genius misdirection because the reality is you are taking from the middle class to give to the rich who fund your political campaigns, but you can sell it politically as rich vs poor.