Details are still scant, but…

“I mean, he had a lot of ammunition in that house, and certainly … all of us were strapped, you know, with ammunition, and we were calling for additional ammunition,” Kraus said. “Like I said, we tried to give him every opportunity to come out.”

    …I’ll go way out on a limb and suggest that this could’ve been handled better.

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    How are you going to finance housing then? Honest question. Not everyone can buy housing outright. Lots of people are very poor at managing their finances. See, my mom for exhibit A.

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      Socialized housing that is paid through government funds and taxes.

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        We do need socialized housing, but the government doesn’t have the ability to construct and manage most of the housing. Too expensive. The bureaucracy would kill it, just look at what happened to the Soviet Union.

        My city can’t even build an apartment building without spending 8 years in design review. And they’re having a private nonprofit so ask the lifting.

        US real estate is worth around $43 trillion.