>>But how would you fix this? What specific laws or regulations would you get rid of?
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>I do not claim to be an expert on what specfic regs or laws to abolish. I can say abolish the ones that retard growth of small businesses. This country was built on small and very small businesses and this is what we should go back to building.

Well, that makes it kind of hard to support your arguments. < g >

>>I have serious reservations about how well this would work. Do you think there will be housing they can afford with these vouchers? I don't know of too many businesses who want to invest in building low-income housing. High risk, low reward.
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>>I agree, but I have yet to see a strong case made for vouchers or privitization. In the case of vouchers, I assume you mean that welfare recipients would receive money, and with that money, choose where they want to live. As I noted earlier, I have trouble believing they could find housing. And don't get me started on privitization. < g >
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>I support vouchers for people to use for rent or mortgage payments. They would only be valid for rental of apartments or houses or mortgage payments if a lending institution qualifies the person to buy a single-family dwelling. They are something they would receive each month and have no direct cash value.

And you are sure this is going to save us money? You are sure that these vouchers are going to pay for housing? How do you determine what the voucher payment should be? Better yet, who decides it? It is definitely going to be different here in Louisville than in San Francisco, unless the market has totally hit the floor there in the past few days.