• [Ukraine $170 billion+...] US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing

    From Leroy N. Soetoro@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 27 22:38:23 2024
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    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally
    required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless - a number that misses some people
    and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do
    not have a place of their own.

    That increase comes on top of a 12% increase in 2023, which HUD blamed on soaring rents and the end of pandemic assistance. The 2023 increase also
    was driven by people experiencing homelessness for the first time. The
    numbers overall represent 23 of every 10,000 people in the U.S., with
    Black people being overrepresented among the homeless population.

    "No American should face homelessness, and the Biden-Harris Administration
    is committed to ensuring every family has access to the affordable, safe,
    and quality housing they deserve," HUD Agency Head Adrianne Todman said in
    a statement, adding that the focus should remain on "evidence-based
    efforts to prevent and end homelessness."

    Among the most concerning trends was a nearly 40% rise in family
    homelessness - one of the areas that was most affected by the arrival of migrants in big cities. Family homelessness more than doubled in 13
    communities impacted by migrants including Denver, Chicago and New York
    City, according to HUD, while it rose less than 8% in the remaining 373 communities. Nearly 150,000 children experienced homelessness on a single
    night in 2024, reflecting a 33% jump from last year.

    Disasters also played a part in the rise in the count, especially last
    year's catastrophic Maui wildfire, the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more
    than a century. More than 5,200 people were staying in emergency shelters
    in Hawaii on the night of the count.

    "Increased homelessness is the tragic, yet predictable, consequence of underinvesting in the resources and protections that help people find and maintain safe, affordable housing," Renee Willis, incoming interim CEO of
    the National Low Income Housing Coalition, said in a statement. "As
    advocates, researchers, and people with lived experience have warned, the number of people experiencing homelessness continues to increase as more
    people struggle to afford sky-high housing costs."

    The numbers also come as increasing numbers of communities are taking a
    hard line against homelessness.

    Angered by often dangerous and dirty tent camps, communities - especially
    in Western states - have been enforcing bans on camping. That follows a 6-
    3 ruling last year by the Supreme Court that found that outdoor sleeping
    bans don't violate the Eighth Amendment. Homeless advocates argued that punishing people who need a place to sleep would criminalize homelessness.

    There was some positive news in the count, as homelessness among veterans continued to trend downwards. Homelessness among veterans dropped 8% to
    32,882 in 2024. It was an even larger decrease for unsheltered veterans, declining 11% to 13,851 in 2024.

    "The reduction in veteran homelessness offers us a clear roadmap for
    addressing homelessness on a larger scale," Ann Oliva, CEO of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, said in a statement. "With bipartisan
    support, adequate funding, and smart policy solutions, we can replicate
    this success and reduce homelessness nationwide. Federal investments are critical in tackling the country's housing affordability crisis and
    ensuring that every American has access to safe, stable housing."

    Several large cities had success bringing down their homeless numbers.
    Dallas, which worked to overhaul its homeless system, saw a 16% drop in
    its numbers between 2022 to 2024. Los Angeles, which increased housing for
    the homeless, saw a drop of 5% in unsheltered homelessness since 2023. California, the most populous state in the U.S., continued to have the
    nation's largest homeless population, followed by New York, Washington,
    Florida and Massachusetts.

    The sharp increase in the homeless population over the past two years
    contrasts with success the U.S. had been having for more than a decade.

    Going back to the first 2007 survey, the U.S. made steady progress for
    about a decade in reducing the homeless population as the government
    focused particularly on increasing investments to get veterans into
    housing. The number of homeless people dropped from about 637,000 in 2010
    to about 554,000 in 2017.

    The numbers ticked up to about 580,000 in the 2020 count and held
    relatively steady over the next two years as Congress responded to the
    COVID-19 pandemic with emergency rental assistance, stimulus payments, aid
    to states and local governments and a temporary eviction moratorium.


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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to Leroy N. Soetoro on Fri Dec 27 20:18:52 2024
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    On 12/27/2024 5:38 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally
    required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than 770,000 people were counted as homeless - a number that misses some people and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do
    not have a place of their own.


    One reason is big money investors and buying houses and jacking up the
    rents. Developers will build 200 houses and half will go to investment companies.

    In Florida, quite a few modest priced trailer parks have been scooped up
    and rents are increase 50% or they are kicked out so a hotel can be
    built on the land.

    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sat Dec 28 01:37:58 2024
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    On 2024-12-28, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    On 12/27/2024 5:38 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as
    devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally
    required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than
    770,000 people were counted as homeless - a number that misses some people >> and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do
    not have a place of their own.


    One reason is big money investors and buying houses and jacking up the
    rents. Developers will build 200 houses and half will go to investment companies.

    In Florida, quite a few modest priced trailer parks have been scooped up
    and rents are increase 50% or they are kicked out so a hotel can be
    built on the land.

    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio suggestions and you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.


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  • From T@21:1/5 to pothead on Fri Dec 27 18:51:33 2024
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    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 27 23:02:33 2024
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    On 12/27/2024 9:51 PM, T wrote:
    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio
    suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.



    Many don't want to sell. They want to rent them and bleed you monthly.

    Many of the hurricane damaged houses are being snatched up by investment companies. Surely not as a public service.

    Many years ago, there were a couple of people in every town that owned a
    few houses and rented them, often as a sideline for a few bucks. They
    are gone, replace by Wall Street crowd/

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to Ed P on Fri Dec 27 23:14:44 2024
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    Ed P wrote:
    On 12/27/2024 5:38 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this
    year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as
    well as
    devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several
    parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally
    required tallies taken across the country in January found that
    more than
    770,000 people were counted as homeless - a number that misses
    some people
    and does not include those staying with friends or family
    because they do
    not have a place of their own.


    One reason is big money investors and buying houses and jacking up
    the rents.  Developers will build 200 houses and half will go to
    investment companies.

    In Florida, quite a few modest priced trailer parks have been
    scooped up and rents are increase 50% or they are kicked out so a
    hotel can be built on the land.

    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and
    retirees.

    We must cut taxes on the rich. Their increased wealth will trickle
    down in a golden shower. Reagan introduced this new dynamic, and
    lower incomes have been boosted since.

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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to pothead on Sat Dec 28 02:46:15 2024
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    On 12/27/24 8:37 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
    On 12/27/2024 5:38 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as
    devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of >>> the country, federal officials said Friday.

    The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said federally
    required tallies taken across the country in January found that more than >>> 770,000 people were counted as homeless - a number that misses some people >>> and does not include those staying with friends or family because they do >>> not have a place of their own.


    One reason is big money investors and buying houses and jacking up the
    rents. Developers will build 200 houses and half will go to investment
    companies.

    In Florida, quite a few modest priced trailer parks have been scooped up
    and rents are increase 50% or they are kicked out so a hotel can be
    built on the land.

    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.


    And this will BITE 'EM IN THE ASS sooner or later
    (probably sooner at this point).

    Remember the LAST real-estate bubble ? Wasn't THAT
    long ago - but people NEVER learn .....

    Very soon govt intervention - which will be rude
    and crude - is gonna become a political necessity,
    and not just in the USA.

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  • From T@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sat Dec 28 00:14:47 2024
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    On 12/27/24 20:02, Ed P wrote:
    On 12/27/2024 9:51 PM, T wrote:
    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio
    suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.



    Many don't want to sell.  They want to rent them and bleed you monthly.

    At 95% of the cost of a house payment too.

    Many of the hurricane damaged houses are being snatched up by investment companies.  Surely not as a public service.

    Many years ago, there were a couple of people in every town that owned a
    few houses and rented them, often as a sideline for a few bucks.  They
    are gone, replace by Wall Street crowd/

    Here is Northern Nevada, with all the refugees bearing money
    fleeing the People's Republic of California, the housing
    prices are going ridiculously high. And renters are getting
    toss out on their noses in order to sell their houses.

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  • From Al Burt Boarla@21:1/5 to Leroy N. Soetoro on Sat Dec 28 06:50:59 2024
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    Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    There are thousands of vaxxxine injured people who can no longer work. I suspect they are homeless now.

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  • From Racheal Madcow@21:1/5 to Ed P on Sat Dec 28 06:59:47 2024
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    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to Racheal Madcow on Sat Dec 28 04:43:08 2024
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    Racheal Madcow wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and
    retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for
    the slaves...yet here we are.

    Here I am!
    Stuck in the muddle with you!

    Choo choo!

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  • From Ed P@21:1/5 to Racheal Madcow on Sat Dec 28 08:28:33 2024
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    On 12/28/2024 6:59 AM, Racheal Madcow wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.


    Billionaires used their tax cut money to buy up modest priced housing

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Racheal Madcow on Sat Dec 28 08:24:16 2024
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    Racheal Madcow wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

    You didn't give Harris any chance, bro.

    How about Musk? He could give a $1000 to every single person and child in America.

    Or, since the homeless represent 0.19 percent (0.0019) or thereabouts
    of the population, around 770 thousand people or so, he could buy every one of them a decent home and still have hundreds of billions left over.

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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to Racheal Madcow on Sat Dec 28 15:11:41 2024
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    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to T@invalid.invalid on Sat Dec 28 14:54:45 2024
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    On 2024-12-28, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.


    It's a possibility.



    --
    pothead

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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to T@invalid.invalid on Sat Dec 28 15:04:39 2024
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    On 2024-12-28, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/27/24 20:02, Ed P wrote:
    On 12/27/2024 9:51 PM, T wrote:
    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio
    suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.



    Many don't want to sell.  They want to rent them and bleed you monthly.

    At 95% of the cost of a house payment too.

    Yep.


    Many of the hurricane damaged houses are being snatched up by investment
    companies.  Surely not as a public service.

    Many years ago, there were a couple of people in every town that owned a
    few houses and rented them, often as a sideline for a few bucks.  They
    are gone, replace by Wall Street crowd/

    Here is Northern Nevada, with all the refugees bearing money
    fleeing the People's Republic of California, the housing
    prices are going ridiculously high. And renters are getting
    toss out on their noses in order to sell their houses.

    In NYC Asians are buying up the market in the boroughs like Brooklyn, Queens etc and the prices are astronomical.
    Plus with taxes, utilities, expenses going up as well it takes a lot of money to live
    there let alone purchase a home without having roommates, co-borrowers etc.

    Even the hotels, some of them 4 star variety, are housing migrants instead of the
    regular number of NYC tourists.
    They get top dollar and the government pays for any damages as well.


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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to pothead on Sat Dec 28 19:10:48 2024
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    On 12/28/24 10:11 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


    But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
    issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
    before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
    the market Republicans are almost all against.

    I suppose the govt could build low-rent "tenements' -
    lots and lots of them - to undermine the shortage.
    Alas life in such projects never had a good rep.

    A law forbidding FOREIGN investment in 'housing' ?
    They'd just use proxy agents .....

    The "GI Bill suburbs" of the 40s/50s weren't as bad
    as tenements. Individual houses. Kinda cookie-cutter
    but OK. Pre-fab parts would be used now, snap 'em
    together like Legos. Might get some bad neighbors
    but you're not trapped in one building with them as
    with tenements. Gigantic 'trailer parks' are also
    a potential interim solution that avoids tenements.
    Visit Florida ... there are whole cities of them.

    In any case, SOMETHING needs to happen soon or we
    are gonna get a whole unhoused CLASS - likely with
    commie leanings - along with riots and such.

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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Sun Dec 29 01:18:16 2024
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    On 2024-12-29, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 10:11 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


    But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
    issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
    before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
    the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It won't.
    The market has to adjust mostly by itself.
    Being an engineer, finance always makes me laugh. For every financial expert who claims strategy A is the answer one can find another expert who claims strategy A is not the answer.

    Drill baby drill is going to help.

    I suppose the govt could build low-rent "tenements' -
    lots and lots of them - to undermine the shortage.
    Alas life in such projects never had a good rep.

    Not a good idea.
    When govt interferes with a capitalistic free market bad things usually happen.
    It might get good short term but long term it could be a mess.

    A law forbidding FOREIGN investment in 'housing' ?
    They'd just use proxy agents .....

    They already are.
    I have a friend who appraises commercial real estate in NYC and that's exactly what
    they are doing.
    Shell companies owned by other shell companies who are owned by yet another shell company.
    By the time the IRS and other officials catch up with the first shell companies the property has
    already changed hands, in name only, 5 times.

    The "GI Bill suburbs" of the 40s/50s weren't as bad
    as tenements. Individual houses. Kinda cookie-cutter
    but OK. Pre-fab parts would be used now, snap 'em
    together like Legos. Might get some bad neighbors
    but you're not trapped in one building with them as
    with tenements. Gigantic 'trailer parks' are also
    a potential interim solution that avoids tenements.
    Visit Florida ... there are whole cities of them.

    I live on Eastern Long Island NY and Levittown is the poster child for
    suburban housing after the war.

    Those same houses that sold for about $8k are now worth
    hundreds of thousands of dollars and many over a million dollars.



    In any case, SOMETHING needs to happen soon or we
    are gonna get a whole unhoused CLASS - likely with
    commie leanings - along with riots and such.

    I have predicted a civil war for years.



    --
    pothead

    "Give a man a fish and you turn him into a Democrat for life"
    "Teach a man to fish and he might become a self-sufficient conservative Republican"
    "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up,"
    --- Barack H. Obama

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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to pothead on Sat Dec 28 22:51:13 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/28/24 8:18 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-29, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 10:11 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees. >>>>
    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


    But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
    issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
    before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
    the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It won't.
    The market has to adjust mostly by itself.
    Being an engineer, finance always makes me laugh. For every financial expert who claims strategy A is the answer one can find another expert who claims strategy A is not the answer.

    Drill baby drill is going to help.

    I suppose the govt could build low-rent "tenements' -
    lots and lots of them - to undermine the shortage.
    Alas life in such projects never had a good rep.

    Not a good idea.
    When govt interferes with a capitalistic free market bad things usually happen.
    It might get good short term but long term it could be a mess.

    A law forbidding FOREIGN investment in 'housing' ?
    They'd just use proxy agents .....

    They already are.
    I have a friend who appraises commercial real estate in NYC and that's exactly what
    they are doing.
    Shell companies owned by other shell companies who are owned by yet another shell company.
    By the time the IRS and other officials catch up with the first shell companies the property has
    already changed hands, in name only, 5 times.

    The "GI Bill suburbs" of the 40s/50s weren't as bad
    as tenements. Individual houses. Kinda cookie-cutter
    but OK. Pre-fab parts would be used now, snap 'em
    together like Legos. Might get some bad neighbors
    but you're not trapped in one building with them as
    with tenements. Gigantic 'trailer parks' are also
    a potential interim solution that avoids tenements.
    Visit Florida ... there are whole cities of them.

    I live on Eastern Long Island NY and Levittown is the poster child for suburban housing after the war.

    Those same houses that sold for about $8k are now worth
    hundreds of thousands of dollars and many over a million dollars.



    In any case, SOMETHING needs to happen soon or we
    are gonna get a whole unhoused CLASS - likely with
    commie leanings - along with riots and such.

    I have predicted a civil war for years.


    Let's hope it never gets THAT bad - it'd trash pretty
    much everything. Civil wars in 1st-world countries are
    a no-no. Shit's just too 'interconnected'.

    However I can imagine riots and some violence from
    the new un-homed class - and commies WILL urge
    them on and promise quick fixes. Luigi Mangione was
    just the beginning. Frustrations are peaking now.

    NOT sure 'the system/market' can respond fast enough.

    This isn't just the USA - bring up some Australian
    news sites .... property/rent gouging is about to
    cause something very unpleasant there as well.

    Alas, in general, attempts at govt 'fixes' almost
    always do more damage than they address. We saw
    that from the late 60s on in the USA and elsewhere.
    But 'politics' and 'practical/sane' don't always
    have much to do with each other .....

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to pothead on Sat Dec 28 20:41:39 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    pothead wrote:
    Drill baby drill is going to help.

    You are going to force private companies to spend money to devalue
    their product by glutting the market.

    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Sat Dec 28 20:38:15 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep
    and realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


      But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
      issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
      before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
      the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It will be better now because you elected people who have shown a
    lifetime of fair dealing with the poor, who have deep sympathy for
    those struggling to buy Groceries, whatever those are.

    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Red States@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Sat Dec 28 22:03:04 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/28/2024 7:51 PM, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
    On 12/28/24 8:18 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-29, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 10:11 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and
    retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for
    the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like
    minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and
    realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


        But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
        issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
        before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
        the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It won't.
    The market has to adjust mostly by itself.
    Being an engineer, finance always makes me laugh. For every financial
    expert
    who claims strategy A is the answer one can find another expert who
    claims
    strategy A is not the answer.

    Drill baby drill is going to help.

        I suppose the govt could build low-rent "tenements' -
        lots and lots of them - to undermine the shortage.
        Alas life in such projects never had a good rep.

    Not a good idea.
    When govt interferes with a capitalistic  free market bad things
    usually happen.
    It might get good short term but long term it could be a mess.

        A law forbidding FOREIGN investment in 'housing' ?
        They'd just use proxy agents .....

    They already are.
    I have a friend who appraises commercial real estate in NYC and that's
    exactly what
    they are doing.
    Shell companies owned by other shell companies who are owned by yet
    another shell company.
    By the time the IRS and other officials catch up with the first shell
    companies the property has
    already changed hands, in name only, 5 times.

        The "GI Bill suburbs" of the 40s/50s weren't as bad
        as tenements. Individual houses. Kinda cookie-cutter
        but OK. Pre-fab parts would be used now, snap 'em
        together like Legos. Might get some bad neighbors
        but you're not trapped in one building with them as
        with tenements. Gigantic 'trailer parks' are also
        a potential interim solution that avoids tenements.
        Visit Florida ... there are whole cities of them.

    I live on Eastern Long Island NY and Levittown is the poster child for
    suburban housing after the war.

    Those same houses that sold for about $8k are now worth
    hundreds of thousands of dollars and many over a million dollars.



        In any case, SOMETHING needs to happen soon or we
        are gonna get a whole unhoused CLASS - likely with
        commie leanings - along with riots and such.

    I have predicted a civil war for years.


      Let's hope it never gets THAT bad - it'd trash pretty
      much everything. Civil wars in 1st-world countries are
      a no-no. Shit's just too 'interconnected'.

      However I can imagine riots and some violence from
      the new un-homed class - and commies WILL urge
      them on and promise quick fixes. Luigi Mangione was
      just the beginning. Frustrations are peaking now.

      NOT sure 'the system/market' can respond fast enough.

      This isn't just the USA - bring up some Australian
      news sites .... property/rent gouging is about to
      cause something very unpleasant there as well.

    It's global. Look at Britain, France, Italy and the cowed wimps of
    Germany. The locals are sick and tired of leftists and woke, as we are.

      Alas, in general, attempts at govt 'fixes' almost
      always do more damage than they address. We saw
      that from the late 60s on in the USA and elsewhere.
      But 'politics' and 'practical/sane' don't always
      have much to do with each other .....

    Government tends to build overlapping duplicate tentacles to other parts
    of government in order to ensure relevance and employment. It results
    in inefficiency and incompetence.

    If you want to fix government, all unions must be removed and banned
    from government employment.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Red States@21:1/5 to Siri Cruise on Sat Dec 28 22:15:29 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/28/2024 8:38 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
    186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and
    realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


       But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
       issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
       before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
       the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It will be better now because you elected people who have shown a
    lifetime of fair dealing with the poor, who have deep sympathy for those struggling to buy Groceries, whatever those are.

    Nobody in this country has to struggle to get groceries, clothing,
    housing, even money if they have the slightest motivation.

    What we need are politicians who are not busy shipping American jobs out
    of the country because they produce waste materials. We also need
    politicians who are not busy handing money to foreign interests.

    Americans first.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to Red States on Sun Dec 29 01:32:04 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/29/24 1:03 AM, Red States wrote:
    On 12/28/2024 7:51 PM, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
    On 12/28/24 8:18 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-29, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 10:11 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and
    retirees.

    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for
    the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like
    minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and
    realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


        But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
        issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
        before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
        the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It won't.
    The market has to adjust mostly by itself.
    Being an engineer, finance always makes me laugh. For every financial
    expert
    who claims strategy A is the answer one can find another expert who
    claims
    strategy A is not the answer.

    Drill baby drill is going to help.

        I suppose the govt could build low-rent "tenements' -
        lots and lots of them - to undermine the shortage.
        Alas life in such projects never had a good rep.

    Not a good idea.
    When govt interferes with a capitalistic  free market bad things
    usually happen.
    It might get good short term but long term it could be a mess.

        A law forbidding FOREIGN investment in 'housing' ?
        They'd just use proxy agents .....

    They already are.
    I have a friend who appraises commercial real estate in NYC and
    that's exactly what
    they are doing.
    Shell companies owned by other shell companies who are owned by yet
    another shell company.
    By the time the IRS and other officials catch up with the first shell
    companies the property has
    already changed hands, in name only, 5 times.

        The "GI Bill suburbs" of the 40s/50s weren't as bad
        as tenements. Individual houses. Kinda cookie-cutter
        but OK. Pre-fab parts would be used now, snap 'em
        together like Legos. Might get some bad neighbors
        but you're not trapped in one building with them as
        with tenements. Gigantic 'trailer parks' are also
        a potential interim solution that avoids tenements.
        Visit Florida ... there are whole cities of them.

    I live on Eastern Long Island NY and Levittown is the poster child for
    suburban housing after the war.

    Those same houses that sold for about $8k are now worth
    hundreds of thousands of dollars and many over a million dollars.



        In any case, SOMETHING needs to happen soon or we
        are gonna get a whole unhoused CLASS - likely with
        commie leanings - along with riots and such.

    I have predicted a civil war for years.


       Let's hope it never gets THAT bad - it'd trash pretty
       much everything. Civil wars in 1st-world countries are
       a no-no. Shit's just too 'interconnected'.

       However I can imagine riots and some violence from
       the new un-homed class - and commies WILL urge
       them on and promise quick fixes. Luigi Mangione was
       just the beginning. Frustrations are peaking now.

       NOT sure 'the system/market' can respond fast enough.

       This isn't just the USA - bring up some Australian
       news sites .... property/rent gouging is about to
       cause something very unpleasant there as well.

    It's global.  Look at Britain, France, Italy and the cowed wimps of Germany.  The locals are sick and tired of leftists and woke, as we are.

       Alas, in general, attempts at govt 'fixes' almost
       always do more damage than they address. We saw
       that from the late 60s on in the USA and elsewhere.
       But 'politics' and 'practical/sane' don't always
       have much to do with each other .....

    Government tends to build overlapping duplicate tentacles to other parts
    of government in order to ensure relevance and employment.  It results
    in inefficiency and incompetence.

    If you want to fix government, all unions must be removed and banned
    from government employment.

    It's a lot more than unions.

    Bureaucracies and 'political fixes/economics' inherently
    grow and grow over time. The pols want their paperwork
    and procedural 'cushions' and the bcrats want stable boring
    jobs. Not like the Olde Days where the King would personally
    get involved in every issue. Too much, too many, nowadays.

    None of it is INHERENTLY evil or intended to be - but thru
    sheer scale and complexity and disconnection it GETS that way.

    And, once established, it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to control
    until all falls down goes boom. Then it starts again ....

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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to pothead on Sun Dec 29 02:59:17 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/28/24 9:54 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment portfolio suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.


    It's a possibility.


    HAPPENED - not THAT long ago. Very
    bad downstream impacts too.

    But PEOPLE NEVER LEARN and let it all
    happen AGAIN.

    There IS a certain segment that reaps
    profits whether stuff goes up OR down ...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to Red States on Sun Dec 29 02:43:33 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/29/24 1:15 AM, Red States wrote:
    On 12/28/2024 8:38 PM, Siri Cruise wrote:
    186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and
    realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


       But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
       issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
       before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
       the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It will be better now because you elected people who have shown a
    lifetime of fair dealing with the poor, who have deep sympathy for
    those struggling to buy Groceries, whatever those are.

    Nobody in this country has to struggle to get groceries, clothing,
    housing, even money if they have the slightest motivation.

    Ummm ... not USUALLY.

    However 'free stuff' isn't always 'free' - esp if
    provided by 'religious' interests. State-run sources
    can be kinda oppressive too according to many.

    Getting the Govt Cheese - CAN be a lot of paperwork.

    But, almost always, you CAN eat.

    What we need are politicians who are not busy shipping American jobs out
    of the country because they produce waste materials.  We also need politicians who are not busy handing money to foreign interests.

    Americans first.

    Well ......... :-)

    What ARE 'American Interests' ???

    OFTEN that means "MAX PROFITS" - and thus the jobs
    go overseas. The pols get their cut, so it's all
    legally OK, right ?

    Just wait until the "AI"s start grabbing LOTS of
    jobs ... that'll be legally OK too. For YOU, well,
    try the Soylent Green - yummy !

    The three most 'prescient' works of the last century
    were "1984", "Clockwork Orange" and "Soylent Green".
    Some would say Kafka fits in there somewhere.

    With SG we're talking a decayed USA. There are
    climate/money/population/etc issues which have
    caused a rather large percentage of the pop to
    become 'redundant', 'obsolete'. The State just
    packs 'em into huge tenement projects. Food,
    well, the cheapest crap they wanna provide, in
    slowly-diminishing proportions/quality. The proles
    tend to complain and riot - as if The Leaders
    GIVE A SHIT anymore. It's just all TOO ... beyond
    repair and mostly beyond handling.

    "Clockwork" is already here - the UK ahead of
    the USA as predicted. SG is yet to come - and
    "AI" is gonna be a big part of it. 'American
    Interests' are gonna be FIRING all those very
    annoying pointless humans for max profit.

    What - think you're gonna live well selling
    Hunter-esque 'art' to other Hunters ???
    NO no no no no no ............ you're gonna
    be killing other people for their SG packets ...

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Sun Dec 29 01:30:24 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
      However I can imagine riots and some violence from
      the new un-homed class - and commies WILL urge
      them on and promise quick fixes. Luigi Mangione was
      just the beginning. Frustrations are peaking now.


    Do not worry. You elected a real estate guy with a long history of
    putting up affordable housing.

    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Sun Dec 29 02:37:48 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
    On 12/28/24 9:54 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 12/27/24 17:37, pothead wrote:
    This is true.
    Take a look at virtually any large company investment
    portfolio suggestions and
    you will most definitely see real estate as one of the options.

    With most folks no longer able to afford a house,
    I sense the investment crowd may be in for a
    drastic "market adjustment" when the find they
    can't sell.


    It's a possibility.


      HAPPENED - not THAT long ago. Very
      bad downstream impacts too.

      But PEOPLE NEVER LEARN and let it all
      happen AGAIN.

    And elect a convicted felon.

    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed

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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@21:1/5 to Siri Cruise on Sun Dec 29 07:37:05 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    Siri Cruise wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    pothead wrote:

    Drill baby drill is going to help.

    You are going to force private companies to spend money to devalue
    their product by glutting the market.

    You do know, of course, that crackpot is a moron.

    --
    A penny saved is a penny taxed.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From pothead@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Sun Dec 29 14:36:23 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 2024-12-29, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 8:18 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-29, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
    On 12/28/24 10:11 AM, pothead wrote:
    On 2024-12-28, Racheal Madcow <racheal.madcow@unhinged.now> wrote:
    Ed P wrote:
    Life is getting tougher and tougher for the lower income and retirees. >>>>>
    But Biden & Harris said they were going to make things better for the slaves...yet here we are.

    Democrats have been saying that for decades and in the past, like minority voter issues as well,
    the voters bought it hook line and sinker.

    Well in 2024, the voters finally woke up from that deep sleep and realized that the democrats
    have been lying to them and their support moved elsewhere.


    But I don't think it's gonna fix the home/rent price
    issues. That'll require the market to collapse (did
    before) or the kind of heavy-handed tampering with
    the market Republicans are almost all against.

    It won't.
    The market has to adjust mostly by itself.
    Being an engineer, finance always makes me laugh. For every financial expert >> who claims strategy A is the answer one can find another expert who claims >> strategy A is not the answer.

    Drill baby drill is going to help.

    I suppose the govt could build low-rent "tenements' -
    lots and lots of them - to undermine the shortage.
    Alas life in such projects never had a good rep.

    Not a good idea.
    When govt interferes with a capitalistic free market bad things usually happen.
    It might get good short term but long term it could be a mess.

    A law forbidding FOREIGN investment in 'housing' ?
    They'd just use proxy agents .....

    They already are.
    I have a friend who appraises commercial real estate in NYC and that's exactly what
    they are doing.
    Shell companies owned by other shell companies who are owned by yet another shell company.
    By the time the IRS and other officials catch up with the first shell companies the property has
    already changed hands, in name only, 5 times.

    The "GI Bill suburbs" of the 40s/50s weren't as bad
    as tenements. Individual houses. Kinda cookie-cutter
    but OK. Pre-fab parts would be used now, snap 'em
    together like Legos. Might get some bad neighbors
    but you're not trapped in one building with them as
    with tenements. Gigantic 'trailer parks' are also
    a potential interim solution that avoids tenements.
    Visit Florida ... there are whole cities of them.

    I live on Eastern Long Island NY and Levittown is the poster child for
    suburban housing after the war.

    Those same houses that sold for about $8k are now worth
    hundreds of thousands of dollars and many over a million dollars.



    In any case, SOMETHING needs to happen soon or we
    are gonna get a whole unhoused CLASS - likely with
    commie leanings - along with riots and such.

    I have predicted a civil war for years.


    Let's hope it never gets THAT bad - it'd trash pretty
    much everything. Civil wars in 1st-world countries are
    a no-no. Shit's just too 'interconnected'.

    However I can imagine riots and some violence from
    the new un-homed class - and commies WILL urge
    them on and promise quick fixes. Luigi Mangione was
    just the beginning. Frustrations are peaking now.

    NOT sure 'the system/market' can respond fast enough.

    This isn't just the USA - bring up some Australian
    news sites .... property/rent gouging is about to
    cause something very unpleasant there as well.

    Alas, in general, attempts at govt 'fixes' almost
    always do more damage than they address. We saw
    that from the late 60s on in the USA and elsewhere.
    But 'politics' and 'practical/sane' don't always
    have much to do with each other .....

    All good points.
    I agree!


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  • From 186283@ud0s4.net@21:1/5 to Al Burt Boarla on Tue Dec 31 02:37:19 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    On 12/28/24 6:50 AM, Al Burt Boarla wrote:
    Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as
    devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    There are thousands of vaxxine injured people who can no longer work. I suspect they are homeless now.

    Um ... I'm gonna say vax is generally GOOD.

    SOME may have bad reactions. Some OTHERS have the
    usual health issues and BLAME it on vax in order
    to try and scam money.

    As for "homeless" for ANY reasons ... this IS
    becoming a large and real PROBLEM.

    While it's usually best for the govt to stay
    AWAY from trying to 'fix' things - we're looking
    at a social CRISIS now - and not JUST in the USA.

    A year from now, if all stays the same, I expect
    HUGE flaming riots and worse over housing/rent
    prices. Bankers and CEOs and landlords will get
    it in the back. It's all gone just TOO far.
    "Market forces" don't react FAST enough. This
    is the Truth, this is how it's gonna go.

    The LeftyComs will ENCOURAGE it all, hope to
    gain supplicants.

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  • From Siri Cruise@21:1/5 to 186282@ud0s4.net on Tue Dec 31 01:09:11 2024
    XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics
    XPost: talk.politics.misc

    186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
    On 12/28/24 6:50 AM, Al Burt Boarla wrote:
    Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
    https://abc7.com/post/how-many-people-are-homeless-2024/15715340/

    The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this
    year, a
    dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as
    well as
    devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in
    several parts of
    the country, federal officials said Friday.

    There are thousands of vaxxine injured people who can no longer
    work. I suspect they are homeless now.

      Um ... I'm gonna say vax is generally GOOD.

      SOME may have bad reactions. Some OTHERS have the
      usual health issues and BLAME it on vax in order
      to try and scam money.

      As for "homeless" for ANY reasons ... this IS
      becoming a large and real PROBLEM.

      While it's usually best for the govt to stay
      AWAY from trying to 'fix' things - we're looking
      at a social CRISIS now - and not JUST in the USA.

      A year from now, if all stays the same, I expect
      HUGE flaming riots and worse over housing/rent
      prices. Bankers and CEOs and landlords will get
      it in the back. It's all gone just TOO far.
      "Market forces" don't react FAST enough. This
      is the Truth, this is how it's gonna go.

      The LeftyComs will ENCOURAGE it all, hope to
      gain supplicants.


    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Vaccine_Injury_Compensation_Program>

    The Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims,
    popularly known as "vaccine court", administers a no-fault system
    for litigating vaccine injury claims. These claims against vaccine manufacturers cannot normally be filed in state or federal civil
    courts, but instead must be heard in the U.S. Court of Federal
    Claims, sitting without a jury.

    The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP or NVICP)
    was established by the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
    (NCVIA), passed by the United States Congress in response to a
    threat to the vaccine supply due to a 1980s scare over the DPT
    vaccine. Despite the belief of most public health officials that
    claims of side effects were unfounded, large jury awards had been
    given to some plaintiffs, most DPT vaccine makers had ceased
    production, and officials feared the loss of herd immunity.

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