I don't think it has to be that complex. Here in the Netherlands, we have a system that non-luxury houses get points and the number of points determines the maximum rent.
It's not perfect, but for many decades it worked quite well.
A reform is now being proposed to extend the system to middle class housing.
Complex and subjective systems are risky, precisely because they provide opportunities to cheat.
Simple is best.
Indeed. A lot of people aren't in a situation where they want to buy and maintain a house, so having a healthy rental market is very important for every country.
But rental markets should be regulated to ensure everyone can find affordable housing without being taken advantage of.
Indeed, a pool of menstruation blood would be the more accurate equivalence.
So, what's the alternative?
The House just passed an aid package for Israel worth billions by an 86% majority.
Meaningful sanctions just aren't in the cards.
Honestly, tokenism is a good place to start.
Realistically, there is no political majority in the USA to go further. The progressive caucus is only about 10% of the House.
That's enough to have influence, but not enough to drive policy.
But over time, the movement grows.
Flying through Turkey, Dubai or Qatar would make any flight restrictions largely symbolic.
Looks like they at least made it sturdy enough to withstand a car wash.
Progress!
After reading (3), I was going to suggest (4), but you did it yourself.
We should drastically raise property taxes and make them deductible from income taxes for owner-occupied housing up to a certain amount.
That would really put middle class home owners and starters in a competitive position compared to those who consume a lot of housing.
And this, in turn, will incentivize property developers to target the middle class
Yes, but that's not the only factor.
We also have a larger population. And we have smaller household sizes, which means that the number of households has grown even quicker than the population. And higher rates of urbanisation, which means those households all want to live in a few overcrowded urban areas.
And we have more households owning multiple homes, either as investment, for recreational usage or to rent it out.
Solving these issues will not be simple, but it has to be done.
I wouldn't trust that website.
I have received Facebook memes from demented old people that were more convincing.
It seems like this site just specialises in outrage and slander.
You are correct.
I could swear that when I read the primary source yesterday, it said Bangladesh had zero sugar.
But going to the link, that's no longer the case.
Either I was wrong or they corrected it.
Primary source: https://stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-babies/
Honestly, she deserves credit for even showing the yellow line.
And to also show the whole right side of the graph.
She really could have cropped the picture differently to give it a spin, but she's being honest.