FenrirIII@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 年前The Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations.www.notus.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
arrow-up1682arrow-down1external-linkThe Stop Wall Street Landlords Act has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Ro Khanna. The bill would raise taxes on the purchase of single family homes by private equity and corporations.www.notus.orgFenrirIII@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square55linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: housing_bubble_2@lemmy.world
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·1 年前“Here’s $5000 and a week at my private ski resort. Your voting no.”
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 年前And fully impossible to trace or prosecute
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前It is sadly only de jure illegal and not de facto illegal. It’s great there exists a law in the books, but if it’s not being enforced it isn’t illegal in reality.
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 年前Here’s another $1000. Everything is spelled right and grammatically correct.
minus-squaredream_weasel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前I don’t do it for the money, but it helps.
“Here’s $5000 and a week at my private ski resort. Your voting no.”
Or here is an insider tip and make bank
But that one is still illegal, technically.
Not for members of congres and Senate.
And fully impossible to trace or prosecute
It is sadly only de jure illegal and not de facto illegal. It’s great there exists a law in the books, but if it’s not being enforced it isn’t illegal in reality.
My voting no?
Here’s another $1000. Everything is spelled right and grammatically correct.
I don’t do it for the money, but it helps.