A lot of the popularity of Portugal and its real estate (prices) had to do with the golden visa, that's been abolished.3.

That is why the old 20-property limitation system failed and was eventually abolished because it was not accomplishing anything. 

The problem now is that the golden visa has been abolished, Lisbon has gone from cheap to very expensive and new short-term rentals have been banned, whereby investing in Lisbon has become much less attractive.

However, if this legislation passes, it could "abolish the state's existing ban on vacancy control.

I've since paid of my mortgage and have no slavery inducing loans to service.

Who knows if politicians in the future will abolish the mortgage interest deduction?

Is there such a thing or were those abolished?  

That's me in my profile pic looking out toward the actual site of this battle.If being laughed at had stopped Lincoln's great act of conscience, the evil of slavery would probably have continued for years in the USA. if it had stopped Washington, Americans would be living in a kingdom, not a republic admired around the world for its stability in change of administrations.

The Greek are now stuck in generational debt slavery with no option for bankruptcy because European bankers in 2008 didn't want to take the hit they deserved for making bad loans and passed the buck to the citizens of the countries they were based in.I do not think national banks big enough to do thinks like this really make contributions to the societies they prey on that counterbalance the damage that they routinely do.

When he died he was too broke to afford a grave, so his friends paid out of pocket to bury him, having been born, having lived, having died in a miserable little backwater of an empire that touched three continents, a child of a people reduced to slavery to their overloads.