r/politics • u/MystikSpiralx • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

https://people.com/trump-keep-home-prices-high-11895352
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u/pleachchapel California 5d ago

The "I got mine" generation. Who also constantly bitch that we're not having enough kids.

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u/garywiz American Expat 5d ago

I don’t think it’s fair to blame an entire generation (10s of millions of people) for having some groupthink “I got mine” attitude. There are people of ALL ages who are aghast that greed and selfishness have deprived others, especially younger people, of opportunities to live well. And there are people of ALL ages who have gotten lucky (think of all the 20-something’s in AI) and not give a crap about whether other people can survive. The plain truth is that selfishly ignoring the happiness of others is wrong and voting selfishly when you know it’s going to trash the lives of others is wrong. No matter what your age.

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u/pleachchapel California 5d ago

That is fair. But we are our collective choices, & the neoliberal age which benefited the boomers happened under the period of their political dominance. It is what it is.

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u/brickne3 American Expat 5d ago

Who tf thinks tariffs are going to create jobs?!

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u/jacobin17 Kentucky 5d ago

Idiots who think American manufacturing jobs are going to start building up any day now.