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by zrn900 745 days ago
> There are plenty of solutions which aren’t permitting theft.

There are 'plenty of solutions' which arent permitting theft, and NONE of them work ANYWHERE. The only solution is, well, 'theft', apparently.

> My assumption would be that imposing punitive taxes on unoccupied properties is the most realistic solution.

Another case of just shooting from the hip without knowing anything. There is already a tax on unoccupied properties. It didn't fix anything.

> If that forces people to sell, supply goes up. If people continue as they were, there’s more money available to do something with.

Another example of economic 'theorization' based on the reality of... nothing. The tax is there, it doesn't work. The economic theory has little connection with the actual reality in Spain too, just like elsewhere in the world. Its just a modern religion to justify capitalist profiteering based on 'how things should be'. Except things just don't work the way they 'should'...