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Donald Trump’s idea of introducing a 50-year fixed-rate mortgage has been condemned as a “” by James Fishback, the CEO of American investment firm Azoria, who says the proposal will result in “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.”

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[-] 4grams@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

With a 50-year mortgage, you are guaranteed to have that debt hanging around your neck well into retirement, or worse.

It’s painfully obvious, that is the point.

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