Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years

Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by Ronald on September 28, 2014 @14:09

It is a pivilege off the working class's taxes.
It is not a right.

We all have the right to earn our own home, though, not the rightto steal from someone else, but unfortunately many people don't see it that way anymore.

Morals and values have fallen by the wayside.

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Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by Anonymous on September 28, 2014 @14:25	[ Reply ]

it could be argued from an ethical standpoint that owning property that one does not himself use is also immoral, as landlording is essentially holding unused and excessive amounts of property for oneself for the express purpose of extracting money from those who do not own property.

Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by Anon on September 28, 2014 @14:32	[ Reply ]

Live in a tent, then.

Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by bob on September 30, 2014 @15:30	[ Reply ]

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Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by Anonymous on September 30, 2014 @21:21	[ Reply ]

If landlording is immoral, then so is operating a hotel or selling anything at all on the open market. Landlords provide a service in exchange for a fee, just like any other business.

Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by Anonymous on October 1, 2014 @11:33	[ Reply ]

It could also be argued the greater harm, and therefore the greater unethicality, would result from no one holding such property and thus no rental property would be available for those unable or unwilling to own a home, making a large portion of society homeless, living under a bridge and at risk of physical or mental damage. Yay you, look what you accomplished.

Re: Woman Has Lived in House Rent-Free for 8 Years by Anonymous on October 1, 2014 @11:38	[ Reply ]

Same argument could be made for food. You're saying that those who earned it should hand it over to those who want it. In your scenario, where's the incentive to earn it for either party -- if you take it from me, I won't bother to earn it; if you hand it to me, I don't have to bother to earn it. As a landlord, I'm doing the homeless a favor by offering my excess property for rent; but they have to earn it, otherwise where's the incentive for either of us? Yes, I believe in human rights -- every human has a right to make an effort. No human has a right to take from his neighbor without giving anything in return; that's a recipe for the collapse of a society. And don't even start me on natural rights.

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