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Federico Taboada 🇲🇽
@Taboada_Mx
Ciudades, vivienda, movilidad y espacio público
Ciudad de México Bergabung Aralık 2011
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GOV: We have a housing crisis. Prices are too high.
ME: I agree. Supply is too low.
GOV: So we have a plan. We’re going to subsidize demand.
ME: …What does that mean?
GOV: We’re going to give people money to buy houses.
ME: But there aren't enough houses.
GOV: Right. So we’ll help them bid harder.
ME: If you have 10 people fighting for 1 house, and you give them all cash... the price just goes up.
GOV: Then we’ll give them more cash.
ME: That’s not a solution. That’s inflation.
GOV: It’s "First Time Homebuyer Assistance."
ME: Okay, let’s back up. Why are houses so expensive in the first place?
GOV: Because we made them the perfect investment vehicle.
ME: How?
GOV: First, the 30-year fixed mortgage.
ME: That’s standard, right?
GOV: Only in America. In other countries, rates float. Here, you can lock in a low rate for three decades.
ME: Why would a bank take that risk? If inflation goes up, they lose money.
GOV: Banks don’t take the risk. They sell the loan to us.
ME: To the government?
GOV: To Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. We guarantee the liquidity.
ME: So the taxpayer subsidizes the risk so I can have cheap leverage?
GOV: Correct.
ME: And then I get to deduct the interest?
GOV: Only on the first $750,000 of debt.
ME: That seems... high.
GOV: It used to be a million. We trimmed it.
ME: But wait. If I rent, can I deduct my rent?
GOV: No.
ME: If I buy a small business, can I deduct the interest on the loan?
GOV: It’s complicated.
ME: But if I buy a giant house, I definitely can?
GOV: Absolutely. We wrote it into the tax code.
ME: So you’re paying me to borrow money to buy a bigger house than I need.
GOV: We’re "incentivizing ownership."
ME: What happens when I sell?
GOV: The Capital Gains Exclusion!
ME: How does that work?
GOV: If you sell a stock for a $500,000 profit, you pay taxes.
ME: Roughly 20%.
GOV: If you sell your house for a $500,000 profit?
ME: What do I pay?
GOV: Zero.
ME: Zero tax?
GOV: As long as you lived there for two years.
ME: So housing is the only asset class where I get subsidized 30-year leverage and tax-free profits?
GOV: Pretty sweet deal, right?
ME: So you turned shelter into a speculative financial asset.
GOV: We call it "Generational Wealth."
ME: Okay, so demand is juiced to the moon. Can we at least build more supply to bring prices down?
GOV: Oh, absolutely not.
ME: Why?
GOV: Zoning.
ME: I own land. Can I build a duplex?
GOV: Illegal. Single-family only.
ME: Can I build a granny flat?
GOV: Only if you provide two parking spots and pass a shadow study.
ME: So you made it illegal to build cheaper housing?
GOV: We protect "Neighborhood Character."
ME: But you spend billions on roads and utilities for the suburbs.
GOV: Infrastructure investment.
ME: So you subsidize the expensive sprawl, but ban the cheap density?
GOV: Now you’re getting it.
ME: This system seems designed to keep prices high.
GOV: It is.
ME: But you started this conversation by saying we have an "Affordability Crisis."
GOV: We do. Prices are too high!
ME: So we should lower them?
GOV: No! We can’t lower prices.
ME: Why not?
GOV: Because then the voters lose their "Generational Wealth."
ME: So we need high prices for the voters... and low prices for the buyers?
GOV: Exactly.
ME: That’s a paradox.
GOV: It’s politics.
ME: So what is your actual plan?
GOV: We’re going to give first-time buyers $25,000.
ME: Okay. I’m a seller. I list my house for $400,000.
GOV: Uh huh.
ME: I know every buyer just got a free $25,000 from the government.
GOV: Right.
ME: What do I do?
GOV: You... keep the price the same?
ME: I raise the price to $425,000.
GOV: You wouldn't.
ME: I absolutely would. The buyer can afford it now.
GOV: But that just transfers the subsidy from the poor buyer to the rich seller!
ME: Econ 101.
GOV: We don’t think that will happen.
ME: Just like you didn’t think $7,500 EV credits would make Ford raise the price of the F-150 Lightning by exactly $7,500?
GOV: That was a coincidence.
ME: You are trapping us in a box.
GOV: It’s not a box.
ME: What is it?
GOV: It’s a Single Family Home with a 2.5% mortgage rate that you can never afford to sell.
ME: ...
GOV: Welcome to the American Dream.

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Un paso más hacia garantizar que la vivienda deje de ser un negocio de algunos para ser el derecho de todos.
Vivienda para vivir, no para invertir.
sinembargo.mx/4767321/la-scj…
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Noche de cine. El efecto mariposa.
Hay historias que parecen caos, pero nunca fueron azar, nunca casualidad. Quizá como los atractores, orbitaban su propia forma, su propia historia.
Tal vez no fue un error… solo un capítulo que cumplió su destino, aunque no fuera el final. Y permanecen como un recuerdo bonito en la memoria.

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@Taboada_Mx Feliz Año! Que venga con buenas conversaciones y mejores ciudades!
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@Taboada_Mx Yo diría que hasta que el urbanismo deje de planearse con mentalidad de año pasado 😅
Feliz inicio de año!
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La acreditación de prensa de la @FILGuadalajara es una verdadera mamada, acreditaron a @VekaDuncan, pero a mí no. No entiendo como creen que se hace una grabación. Además que yo llené las solicitudes!
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@Taboada_Mx @MetroCDMX Buscando jamás, no sirve para nada, pero como uno de sus compinches estaba de acuerdo a todas sus propuestas como candidato
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Es lamentable el aumento al transporte público en el Estado de México. Ahora millones de personas tendrán que pagar más por un transporte malo, ineficiente e inseguro. Esto es una traición a las personas que menos tienen y a la transformación ofrecida en campaña.
#NoAlAumento
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@NathDelaCruz @MetroCDMX Usted busca a Santiago Taboada.
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@Taboada_Mx Tu querías aumentar la tarifa del @MetroCDMX 🙄
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En Washington DC hay 120,000 viviendas disponibles. Si el gobierno de EEUU quisiera podría solucionar esto de manera humanitaria y rápida.
Alerta News 24@AlertaNews24
🇺🇸 | URGENTE: El presidente Trump ha emitido una advertencia a las personas sin hogar para que abandonen Washington DC inmediatamente.
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📊DATOS PRELIMINARES: La pobeza volvió a reducirse de 2022 a 2024 --con datos de ENIGH 2024 y metodología CONEVAL.
La pobreza extrema también cayó.
📊9.9 millones de personas salieron de la pobreza durante el sexenio de AMLO.
Pronto mi análisis completo en @elpaismexico

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@TessMGP @YoStarname @KingTargaryenn @grok No. La escena es de la película “Incendios” o “La Mujer Que Cantaba” de Denis Villeneuve.
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@Javier_Hidalgo @Claudiashein @ClaraBrugadaM @martibatres @EduardoClark @incanMX @ZapataTarr67740 @SSaludCdMx @nadgasman ¡Ánimo, querido Javier!
Larga vida ❤️
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Hoy tuve mi radioterapia 15 de un total de 25 que deben realizarme, estoy motivado y contento.
Muy agradecido con el Radiólogo Rubén Alarcón un trabajador de salud de primera, al igual que el equipo de radiología; y al Instituto Nacional de Cancerología todo mi reconocimiento.
Esto no se acaba hasta que se acaba, ¡vamos con todo!

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