# This really pisses me off..

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**Created:** [September 14, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-really-pisses-me-off/199613 "2008-09-14T15:08:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-really-pisses-me-off/199613/15 "2008-09-15T11:00:24Z")

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> [@DC area?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dc-area/37866/35):
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> Actually, the government gets a huge taste of the money as homes appreciate. Assessed value directly impacts property taxes.

yeah I guess in a way it kinda does… forgot about that. But what I should have said was that the government gets no reward from the mortgage investments that return profit, but when they go bad the taxpayer eats the loss. Privatized profits, socialized losses.

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