tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16601705.post993938086811005548..comments2022-10-08T17:04:16.269+11:00Comments on Housing Affordability, The Great Real Estate Rip-Off, and Entrenched Government Failures: Causes of the housing boomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16601705.post-33690345193117268532008-07-17T11:20:00.000+10:002008-07-17T11:20:00.000+10:00SeanAgree with most points, except for “free marke...Sean<BR/><BR/>Agree with most points, except for “free market conditions” descriptor. <BR/><BR/>The govt has become so much of a Nanny state as you point out with “very generous negative gearing rates for investors compared with other countries” that ‘free market’ no longer applies. <BR/><BR/>This is really the main point – negative gearing has to go. <BR/><BR/>If we, as a society, can ditch negative gearing, there is hope of housing becoming affordable again.<BR/><BR/>To this end, the following open letter might be one part of the solution. Letter highlights the tax discrimination against home buyers. <BR/>No need to use your real name if you send a complaint to Treasury.<BR/><BR/>http://firsthomeowner2008.googlepages.com/openlettertreasury2008<BR/><BR/>http://firsthomeowner2008.googlepages.com/investorsruleok<BR/><BR/>thanks again, potential fho jul08Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16601705.post-4952059398505296882007-12-14T08:22:00.000+11:002007-12-14T08:22:00.000+11:00Why is this so hard for other people to understand...Why is this so hard for other people to understand??<BR/><BR/>What did people do before blogs? I had to learn all this in a class "the History of Global Economics" in my Masters program.ProblemWithCaringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08095117977468663616noreply@blogger.com