• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    because that’s socialism.

    the concept of federal public housing was basically made illegal in the 90s by the welfare reform acts.

    the federal government can’t do this by law. legally it is not allowed to increase the number of public housing units beyond those that existed in 1998. it’s called the Faircloth amendement.

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      Bailing out companies is also not capitalism, ideally should have left them then to go bankrupt

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        Like then at least their assets would have been sold to cover their losses. This way your government is not socialism but it is choosing who are the winners, since they cannot lose