Mark Belling Podcast #169: The real affordability crisis: fewer Americans own anything including their own homes. Staggering property taxes are a big reason why even as super-taxer David Crowley seeks the Governorship and numerous school tax referendums are also on the ballot. And, Mark takes a look at a proposal to swamp Waukesha with nearly 300 more apartments; does anybody own anything anymore???

You know, the Democrats are the ones that are bringing up this whole issue of affordability.

It is an issue.

The worst thing that Republicans can do is deny that this is a problem.

Way back, I guess it was mostly during the W. Bush era, the Democrats would make the argument that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

And there were so many Republicans that tried to argue with them about that.

I remember talking about this when I filled in for Rush a few times, and I said, The statement is true.

Obviously, the rich, because there is no limit on the amount of wealth that someone can have, will always be getting richer.

But the gap between the well-off and people with lower incomes, and more importantly, the gap between the well-off and the middle class, was clearly expanding.

The question is, what do you do about it? The left's prescriptions for this...

made matters worse.

Likewise now, affordability is an enormous issue in this country.

I want to focus today to open the program mostly on affordability when it comes to housing.

And we have to take a look at the kind of society that we want to be.

But also, the decisions that people make that permanently keep them behind the eight ball.

In order to get ahead, you do have to do things to get ahead.

But there are things that make it really, really hard, especially with regard to probably the most important thing that you spend money on, which is housing, where you live, how you live.

I want to dive into all of that, including The context that this discussion is in, which is we're in the middle of a governor's election in Wisconsin, and if one of the candidates wins, the whole affordability problem in Wisconsin with regard to housing is going to get way, way, way worse because you have one of the biggest super taxers ever to run for governor in Crowley.

So let's get into all of that in a moment.