Word: money
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seems to me the wheels are turning," said council residential committee member James Fowler '92, a proponent of total choice. "I would put all of my money on 'non-ordered choice...
...very neat, very simple and very expensive. The mortgage interest deduction will cost the federal government some $32.2 billion this year, plus another $10.4 billion for home-owner property tax deductions. Although no checks are written, this money constitutes a huge subsidy--pure and simple--to homebuyers. When the government forgives part of your tax liability, it has exactly the same effect as sending you a welfare check...
...sleep on a grate. Just as surely, it is the height of unfairness to take away housing funds from the poor while maintaining lavish deductions for middle-and upper-class homeowners. Congress should eliminate this $32 billion dollar handout to the wealthy and use that money to provide adequate housing for the truly needy...
Paul G. Ahern, a self-described small landlord said he voted for the proposition because "I think price control has been in the city too long, and there's a bunch of liberals running it." He added that under the system, he does not get enough money to to fix up his property. "It's terrible," he said...
...worth it to rent control. I'm losing money," she says. "If we don't get an Independent majority on the City Council...If they don't reform [rent control] so that I get a fair rent, I'm going to have to sell...