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Old 10-17-2016, 02:48 PM   #8599
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Originally Posted by Great68 View Post
So wait, if parents want to downsize and then gift a portion of that to their kids rather than sitting on it until they die so that kids get it as an inheritance, that's somehow bad?
Great for the kids receiving and maybe the parents, but generally speaking, bad for everyone else with housing being such a limited resource.

Having a house with a yard and white picket fence isn't bad in and of itself. It's just when everyone wants one it leads to urban sprawl, traffic jams, inner city blight.

Tragedy of the Commons - google it.
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