Yup, that's right, social housing is designed not just for the poor but the middle class.
It's about time for the Amsterdam to realize that they don't have a middle class. A middle class doesn't need rent-controlled housing.
Boss: Peon, since you've been such a great performer, we've decided to give you a 10% raise.
Peon: Oh no, Boss! You know 5% is enough to keep me! Keep the extra 5% for yourself!
Your argument is a straw man anyway, because no builder is making 100% profit, much less 900%.
Americans constitute 5% of the worlds population, yet we consume 24% of its energy.
Per capita statistics on energy use aren't very useful. Americans are also productive. If your method of measuring efficiency is per capita usage, then places like the favorite Marxist straw man of Somalia (and favorite neocon straw man of North Korea) would rate very highly.
I'll ignore your stupid 500% for now.
What about the foreign companies that do not manufacture their products here? Are you also going to impose a... *sigh*
They are by Obama's $200,000/year income definition. Or is that $150,000 by now? I forget.
Besides, "wealthier" is comparative, not an absolute term. You are wealthier than a guy who lives in a cardboard box in an alley.
Ronald Reagan's administration drove the creation of the simplified forms, and AS THE SUMMARY EVEN NOTES, he supported ELIMINATING THE RETURNS ALTOGETHER.
RONALD REAGAN. You know, mortal enemy of the left.
Who's the moron who modded this up?
"Flattery is all right -- if you don't inhale." -- Adlai Stevenson
