“This idea that we’re all supposed to throw our money down the toilet renting until we finally have the $150,000 or whatever saved up to plop a suitcase full of money down on the broker’s table and buy a house outright is ludicrous nonsense in this day and age.”
I SURE AS HELL HOPE YOU’RE NOT THAT BRAINWASHED by the government.
When did I say you had to pay cash for your house? Half the people, TODAY, that own homes (at least outside of bubble areas), don’t even take the mortgage interest deduction, as they don’t even itemize.
...and NOBODY taking a car loan gets a deduction, but 80% of the people buying cars do it on credit.
And I sure hope you have a better argument than to come on here like some mouth breathing moron typing in all caps, accusing people of being "brainwashed by the government."
Or, to put another way, would you like to try again at presenting a reasoned argument, instead of just emoting at me?
When did I say you had to pay cash for your house? Half the people, TODAY, that own homes (at least outside of bubble areas), don’t even take the mortgage interest deduction, as they don’t even itemize.
Well, then that's their fault for being too stupid to not use the avenues available to recover more of the money taken from them by the tax system.
...and NOBODY taking a car loan gets a deduction, but 80% of the people buying cars do it on credit.
So? That's simple a rather unsophisticated attempt at a tu quoque argument, which does nothing for your "case."
Yeah, right. Which orifice did you pull that one out of?