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Housing should be a human right

Public housing in form of large panel system-buildings would be a good way to combat homelessness and the housing crisis.



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It already is a right. Who's stopping anyone from moving into an apartment or home?
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@BizSuitStacy Landlords and owners who do not supply housing at rents and prices to levels that people can afford.
@SunshineGirl ohhh...so it's those awful landlords and homeowners abusing your rights? I see. Why don't you just move in and take Obama's $13 million estate on Martha's Vineyard? Based on your logic, the fact you can't afford it shouldn't stop you. It's your right, right? Hey...the 2nd Amendment protects our right to have guns...maybe the gov't should tax the people so everyone can have a Glock.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
@BizSuitStacy Some of us believe that people have a right to some basic necessities that sustain life (water, shelter, healthcare, etc). The right for all people to have a roof above their head and not to freeze to death is more important than rhe right of a few people to profit from imbalances of supply and demand. If the private sector is unable to fulfil this basic need they should step away and leave the state to clear up the mess (as usual).
@SunshineGirl people already have those rights. Along with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Again...no one is stopping you.
Gloomy · F
@BizSuitStacy [quote]life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness[/quote]

Do you always just reproduce empty American Dream like talking points that have no connection to the actual reality of life and society?
@Gloomy by "empty talking points" you mean schooling brain dead leftists that there's no such thing as a free lunch, aka your socialist utopia? LOL. The ideology has been so successful over the years... consistently causing misery and death. Keep up the delusion!
Gloomy · F
@BizSuitStacy Lunch for school kids that would be subsidized by taxes or income from state run enterprises is not utopic and certainly better than using peoples money to fund the military industrial complex or use it to bail out companies.
Big companies already have socialised the losses but privatised the profits.

You would probably even look at the accomplishments of european labour parties and call it communism.