Comment on Row as Starmer suggests landlords and shareholders are not ‘working people’
Saurok@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoI own a house. I work and I hire people if I can’t fix something myself. So far I’ve only had to do that once in 4 years. Owning a house is not a job. Landlord literally has “LORD” in the name… kinda hard to defend, friend.
Hikermick@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s the strangest argument I’ve heard in a while. Owning a house isn’t a job but maintaining one is. Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, HVAC are all jobs and if you don’t think so you must be one of these Republicans that think a person who gets their hands dirty doesn’t deserve a living wage.
davidagain@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think you just agreed with each other a little bit.
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
A plumber or a sparky doesn’t just maintain one house, and if they’re just doing maintenance, probably work on hundreds of houses a year. Maintaining your own house takes a fraction of the time and effort of working a housing-related trade full time.