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minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink20•1 year ago thanks Labor Both major parties have been keeping the bubble going since the mid-90 and they keep doing it because it is a vote winner.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year agoThe wealth of so many Australians is tethered to property ownership that to threaten housing prices is to basically ask to lose an election.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink7•1 year agoOnly while there are more home owners than renters voting. But with the population being 2/3 owners (half with a mortgage) and 1/3 renters that will not change for a long while.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoNot quite accurate: not every homeowner wants this goddamn insanity to continue.
Both major parties have been keeping the bubble going since the mid-90 and they keep doing it because it is a vote winner.
The wealth of so many Australians is tethered to property ownership that to threaten housing prices is to basically ask to lose an election.
Only while there are more home owners than renters voting. But with the population being 2/3 owners (half with a mortgage) and 1/3 renters that will not change for a long while.
Not quite accurate: not every homeowner wants this goddamn insanity to continue.