so you'd stifle all investment in property?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:43, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

why not?
I'd rather not go that far, but people are cunts. If it's the only way to prevent this idiotic overvaluation of property (which, let's not forget, has taken down the world's economy once already and will do so again) then, let's do it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:48, Reply)

although massive taxation on buy to let properties wouldn't stifle investment
it would just level things out a bit.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:50, Reply)

so you stop property investment in the uk
and all the money that is currently being spent in the uk is diverted to other countries, a number of builders and agents and surveyors and conveyancers etc are made redundant, ok, with you so far.

and then what happens to people whose mortgages are too high? fuck 'em?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:51, Reply)

Yep. fuck em.
They've been fucking the rest of us for decades, sweetie.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:52, Reply)

but then they'd be unemployed
and on the dole. how would that help the economy, rather than them being employed and paying tax, spending money etc?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:56, Reply)

You say this like it's a bad thing.
But this entire discussion has been about how investing in houses is a bad thing because it has completely fucked our economy. Can you really not see that?
(Bazongaloid, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:50, Reply)

of course i can
i agree with some of what you are saying. and i am guilty of winding you up a bit, because i do love a good leftie froth. but you are far too black and white about it. there are always some benefits to investment. they might not benefit the people you would like, though.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Aug 2013, 12:52, Reply)