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Spaniards packing water pistols blame impact of mass tourism for housing crunch
  • Seems like they could just ratchet up the tax on short term rentals. Additional tax for non-owner occupied, additional tax for owning more than one, additional tax for corporate owned. Start with a modest rate, announce that the rate will be going up in a year to give people the chance to sell if they want, then slam the gas on it

  • What's something you once had a lot of respect for but now have no respect for?
  • Good question, I never actually looked into it. According to her Wikipedia page:

    She established the Volant Charitable Trust in 2000, and co-founded the charity Lumos in 2005. Rowling's philanthropy centres on medical causes and supporting at-risk women and children. In 2025, Forbes estimated that Rowling's charitable giving exceeded US$200 million. She has also donated to Britain's Labour Party, and opposed Scottish independence and Brexit.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling

  • What's something you once had a lot of respect for but now have no respect for?
  • Jk Rowling. She was (I think) the only billionaire to ever debillonaire themselves without dying (i.e., she donated so much wealth to charity that she was no longer a billionaire).

    But then she decided to dedicate herself to making trans people's lives miserable...

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