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title: "I sometimes encounter people who argue that rich people are just…"
date: 2023-09-20
source: twitter
tweet_id: "1704549032994160662"
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# I sometimes encounter people who argue that rich people are just…

*September 20, 2023 · Twitter/X*

I sometimes encounter people who argue that rich people are just sitting on unoccupied housing, and that we should tax unoccupied housing to force them to put it on the market.\
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But the percentage of unoccupied housing has been declining for over a decade. And even if we could... [https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1703879267396784614](https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/1703879267396784614){target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"}