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rampartd

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28. it has to be trumps idea or it will not be done.

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 08:02 AM

Jan 2026

somebody got him to have this good idea, we need to leave whoever it is alone.

actually, this is one of those things he will never do but say he did.

"i made housing affordable again"

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] PeaceWave Jan 2026 OP

When he does something like this, neither Dems or his own party will oppose him. Repubs would scream if a Dem did this. LonePirate Jan 2026 #1

I have a feeling Democrats will try and block this. pcdb Jan 2026 #33

How many "institutional investors" are buying single family homes ? JI7 Jan 2026 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #3

A LOT---- many things I have read about the problem of the rising cost of housing Jack Valentino Jan 2026 #19

I think it's individuals looking to get extra money renting them out JI7 Jan 2026 #21

Welp, certainly that 'happens' but these are not mutually exclusive things AZJonnie Jan 2026 #23

I'm sure it's happening but I think you underestimate the individuals JI7 Jan 2026 #25

In Chicago, they are also buying up apartment buildings, LuvLoogie Jan 2026 #27

Dems had bills to ban hedge funds from single housing market in 2023. blm Jan 2026 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #5

MSM didn't cover much of ANYTHING Biden championed. blm Jan 2026 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #10

There wasn't mass media coverage but there was some. blm Jan 2026 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #17

Biden would have signed the Dem bill. blm Jan 2026 #20

If you set rent controls, you dissuade the institutional investors from buying up all the homes AZJonnie Jan 2026 #24

He's NOT doing it. It's bullshit that the MAGATS will eat up. nt Blasphemer Jan 2026 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #9

The grifter says things like this... Chemical Bill Jan 2026 #7

How much longer, DU? Prairie Gates Jan 2026 #11

No kidding. So obvious. n/t demmiblue Jan 2026 #30

I'm calling BS Skittles Jan 2026 #12

He has never and will never Johonny Jan 2026 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #14

They should require full and immediate divestiture, JMCKUSICK Jan 2026 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #18

You mean values would come back to earth some? JMCKUSICK Jan 2026 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #31

Right, I knew that, I was more commenting on what's happened to housing prices since covid. JMCKUSICK Jan 2026 #32

Trump does this as co-optation - buying off our young people, defusing the issue bucolic_frolic Jan 2026 #26

it has to be trumps idea or it will not be done. rampartd Jan 2026 #28

I don't think he has the authority to make it happen. Who defines them? sinkingfeeling Jan 2026 #29