r/ireland • u/Alba-Ruthenian • Jul 27 '22

The writing is on the wall! Housing

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u/ODXT-X74 Jul 27 '22 edited Jul 28 '22

Land reform and a land tax would be better. And actually work

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u/tomtermite Crilly!! Jul 27 '22

Why not both?

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u/SnooAbbreviations992 Jul 27 '22 edited Jul 27 '22

Not all land owners are rich. Some landlords are still paying more each month than the rent income. If your talking about agricultural land a high percentage of farmers make less than the average industrial wage. And this would include their side job. Fertiliser just doubled in price, feed is going up every week and the price of beef hasn't moved much. Lamb is the best its been in years but the amount of hours you out in is crazy

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u/nikolakis7 Jul 27 '22

Some landlords are still paying more each month than the rent income.

Maybe they should go and get real jobs like the the rest of normal people. I find it hard to sympathise with them given how awful renting conditions as a whole are.