crocodile wrote on Jan 28
th, 2020 at 2:33pm:
Sir lastnail wrote on Jan 28
th, 2020 at 9:58am:
freediver wrote on Jan 27
th, 2020 at 9:14pm:
Quote:You're doing it again - stating the exact same claim without offering the slightest bit of supporting evidence.
You asked me for a plausible rational argument. Here it is again for the third time:
It would artificially reduce the supply of rental properties, inevitably increasing the price.
Do you disagree with any of it, or just not understand it?
No it won't because every renter that becomes an owner is one less renter
It's not quite that simple. It isn't a zero sum game as yourself and the Bamster allude to. Populations change with migration and fertility rates. Demographics change as offspring leave homes and people separate or cohabit.
New dwellings and demolitions rarely coincide with the demographic and population changes. Indeed - demonstrating clearly the utter lack of planning and forethought of governments, not least in continuing the utter foolishness of mass immigration. Anyone with half a brain - which should clearly include the majority of politicians and their servants - can see what is happening and what needs to be done....
a. Halt mass immigration as a 'sustainer' of a flawed economy.
We have an aging population. Until that is addressed we're stuck with high immigration. The unintended consequences of halting migration is worse.
b. Generate more housing for puchase.
Wave the Grappler stick ( magic wand ) and it shall be created.
c. Create an environment in which all can work and own a home.
d. Move to close down the Banana Republic in which people work all night on a drink of rum = part-time casual at the absolute discretion of the boss...
e. Create a genuine, viable economy in which all decent citizens can have a genuine opportunity to prosper..
On that last - unfortunately given the bad name this term has generated in the past - this could be a controlled economy - it is, after all, controlled to a significant extent already by governments using immigration and money policy and such.... why not go the Full Monty?
As a final note - of course the Canberra parasites would engineer and take any chance for their own profit... see childcare, job placement etc, roads, rail, power, gas etc, etc as adopted in advance by their family members and themselves - that's what politics is about, isn't it?