Workers in Spain are marching through stormy weather in the country’s first general strike in 14 years, as a cost of living and housing crisis has fueled discontent and prompted a snap election to take place at the end of the month. Read more from @dwenglish
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@NewsDesk @dwenglish A General Strike? And the whole world didn’t collapse????!!! Can we rent the Spaniards out to do the same here in the US for our scared lazy asses?
@NewsDesk @dwenglish I'm very curious as to the cause of the housing crisis in Spain-- is it from not enough housing, or from private equity owning many units for speculation and keeping them vacant? I haven't seen any reports get into this, but the solutions for the two causes are very different, and the solution for either won't work for the other. (Possibly it's both.)