Vance’s lies went largely unchecked at the debate, including that undocumented immigrants are to blame for rising housing costs.
    • expatriado@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      i think the logic is that more people for the same amount of houses, although construction itself relies on immigrant labor, so is self correcting

      • Fox@pawb.social
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        8 months ago

        As long as that’s the labor the immigrants are intending to do… Otherwise you get a situation like Canada has where IT professionals from India arrive to find they have few job prospects but still need a place to live.

      • radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com
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        8 months ago

        I blame the zero interest rate the fed had during Covid. Now folks have locked their rate and have little incentive to sell.

    • radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com
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      8 months ago

      No. If you lower taxes on the rich just a little more, they’ll feel they have enough money and they’ll charge less for rent, and consequently reduce inflation and stimulate the economy.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Oh wow, I can hear you really know economics, that’s a perfectly reasoned statement, I can’t think of a single reason why it would be false.
        Consider me convinced, and thank you. So Trump was right all along!?

        PS:
        Should I also throw my food stamps away? I heard they can totally ruin the economy, and we wouldn’t want that.

      • sartalon@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        That makes sense. You should call that something, like economic flow down, or trickle finances.

        I don’t know, I’m just not good with words.

  • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    Zero logic to Vance’s take. It’s as if they’re just claiming immigrants to be the root of all problems, because they have no real platform without someone to scapegoat.

    Remember kids: these people aren’t out to help you. They’re out to get your vote so that they can make themselves and their buddies richer with both money and power. They will say anything if they think it will scare you into voting red.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I don’t mean to absolve corporations even a little bit, but NIMBYs are also the real culprit, too. There’s plenty of blame to go around for both.

  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    He said what he needed to say to score points with the far right. This isn’t jeopardy, it’s an ad campaign. He’s nailing his target audience which happens to love it whenever anyone else gets upset by racism.