lumberjacked

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How the U.S. Stole ̶O̶k̶l̶a̶h̶o̶m̶a̶ Sequoya (youtu.be)
 

I’m from Oklahoma and can 100% confirm, it’s now just a bunch of squares.

America's housing shortage is keeping home prices high in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's not a bad idea. Tax rate is X. First house is X. Second house is XY, third house is XY*Y, etc.

Problem is property rates are usually city, county, state so you're not going to see consistency between them.

America's housing shortage is keeping home prices high in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I deal with a lot of small business owners and it's amazing how many of them have second homes. These guys are well-off but not what you think of as ultra wealthy. I think housing has been such a high-return investment that both corporations and individuals have been buying up houses they don't need.

Most states in the US I believe have homestead exemptions for property tax on your primary residence. Maybe if they just jacked the prop tax way up on anyone or entity that owns more than one single family property that would make it a less enticing investment.

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America's housing shortage is keeping home prices high (www.axios.com)
 

We’re also seeing a rapid increase in commercial vacancies with WFH. But there are big challenges and costs to turning commercial properties into residential.

I’ve heard a lot about the problems. Surely there’s some good ideas for a solution out there?

Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I don’t disagree. I also don’t think think this law will work.

But I have to say as a parent of 3 tween kids it is damn hard to monitor what they consume. If I had one, I could maybe keep up but there are so many apps and so many devices.

Ok, you’ve got parent controls on the iOS devices that sync but those don’t sync with the Chromebooks or the Rokus or Kindles in the house.

Great, got YouTube setup with parental controls but my artist child wants to watch painting tutorials but for whatever reason YouTube kids block those. Ok now, changed that on the tv but they want to paint on the back porch so I have to switch it iPad… as nauseam.

And as far as teaching kids to be safe online, yes that’s important but kids are also smart but inexperienced humans who get curious or find something new you hadn’t thought of.

In conclusion: real problem without easy solutions. This law is a half assed attempt at one.