From: "Tumbleweed" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: how i made my millions...
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:59:22 +0100


"criticaldensity"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.07.01.15.34.23.744232@removethishotmail.com...
> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:30:12 +0000, Tim wrote:
>
> > Do you think that section of the population (FTBs) should be given an
> > advantage over everyone else when buying??
>
> Yes.
>
> This government's financial/housing policy penalises those who
> don't already own a house. We have a minimum wage, so why can't we have
> sensible council and affordable housing policies?
>
> I'd rather see sensible amounts of affordable housing built, under a
> scheme that wouldn't sell them to the BTLers.
>
> cd
>

We used to have those, they were called 'council houses'. Unfortunately
(IMHO) they were then sold at knockdown rates to people who promptly made a
large profit by selling them. Parasites I call 'em.

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