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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
x7 And he thinks focusing on North Korea is more important than pre-existing health coverage: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/
And he's kissing Kim Jong Un's ass now and calling Democrats obstructionists: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/331286-trump-on-north-korean-leader-obviously-hes-a-pretty-smart-cookie
edited 30th Apr '17 11:53:36 AM by FireCrawler2002
Maybe because not all people suffer from these mispolicies? That has been given as a reason why the housing crisis in California is a tough nut to crack: Unless you are an aspiring future denizen there or a renter, you won't be affected.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI'll cut Trump some slack on that. If they're anything that will make Kim easier to cajole, its stroking his ego.
I won't cut Republicans as a whole any slack though, since this is the exact same thing they criticized Obama for.
I can agree with that. One of the highest obstacle to the housing crisis here is the stubbornness of homeowners to do anything that would reduce the value of their properties.
edited 30th Apr '17 11:57:00 AM by Parable
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Because they aren't being effected and thus don't care or they are being effected and indoctrinated with the idea that it's somehow the Democrats fault or that the Democrats would make things worse.
At least he didn't go to Florida?
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/331297-trump-travels-to-his-golf-club-in-va?amp
In my first 100 days, I kept my promise to Americans
. An op-ed by Trump, notice what kind of people are in the photos of the rally.
High housing prices are not an inevitable consequence of having a major urban area - Sometimes they are the result of geography constraining building in an economic hot-zone, but that is a rare case. Usually, high housing prices are a result of entirely deliberate policies meant to drive housing prices up. Because that makes houseowners happy. It screws over anyone that moves to the area, it screws over the next generation, but houseowners vote, and "fuck-you getting mine" is apparently an entirely socially acceptable attitude to have when it comes to houses going up in price
This is actually one thing red states genuinely are less insane about. The correct response to to high housing prices is to build more houses. Or taller apartment buildings. As applicable.
edited 30th Apr '17 1:02:30 PM by Izeinsummer
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fl.) will not seek re-election in 2018.
Democrats, get a Dem to replace her.
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For many middle class homeowners their house is their greatest asset and store of value for the future. The hope is always that you'll pay off your mortgage before retirement and then after you sell your home for a big profit move some place cheaper to live out the rest of your days.
That's before even getting into things like real estate speculation and house flipping.
That district is pretty rich and also very Cuban. I would not get my hopes up to see it flip.
edited 30th Apr '17 1:23:00 PM by Mio
In New York at least, part of the reason housing is so expensive is because building owners intentionally keep many buildings that could rented out (for housing or businesses) empty to keep prices ridiculous.
I wonder how applicable that is in other major cities.
edited 30th Apr '17 2:01:51 PM by LSBK
@Kostya: California has a constitutional limit on property taxes - an inheritance from the purple state times - so that probably isn't it. Housing in California is also not undesirable - there be a reason it is nowadays the most populous state - so that most likely isn't the case either.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanIf I remember correctly, the housing crisis in California has two elements. One is that San Francisco's housing market is going insane because there's basically no new construction there. The other is that places like Los Angeles are actually way too spread out and the stuff that's getting built is too far away from the places where people actually work.
I might be wrong about the second part, but it's what I've heard.
Trump is losing engagement on his Tweets on Twitter
, especially compared to his first 50 days. The article does mention that it may be that his grammar is improving, and that he isn't typing all All-Caps like a baby, and is losing attention because of it.
I'd like to hope that it's because people, both pro and anti Trump, are just starting to tune him out.
edited 30th Apr '17 2:17:07 PM by DingoWalley1

And I didn't say it wasn't a fringe issue. I was just using it as an example of something where people simplify the situation much more than it should be, because of partisanship.
edited 30th Apr '17 11:34:31 AM by LSBK