HitRed wrote:Dukasaur wrote:HitRed wrote:Trump knows it will fail in the courts. It’s a midterm trap for the Democrats. Dems will rage, burning flags in defiance of Trump all over the nightly news. This will turn voters to vote Republican.
So once again, partisan politics is more important that what is actually good for the people. And you're not the least bit ashamed.
Trump is smart, looking 3 moves ahead. Even with my warning the Dems will likely fall for it.
People are pooping all over the streets in California and the Dems are not ashamed. Unless China visits.
Trump is helping the auto industry. Manufacturing. Raking in tariffs and duties. Cutting waste.
People are pooping all over the streets because they're homeless. As far as I can tell, it's happening everywhere in North America. It's a cultural thing: most people nowadays see houses as a speculative financial asset rather than as a place to live. The earliest infomercials I can remember -- back in the 70s when cable TV came around and the first infomercials began -- were about "how to get rich flipping houses." We've allowed this philosophy to take root, and now it's considered gospel truth, that flipping houses is the surest way to wealth. Sure beats working. There's TV channels about it, radio programs, newspaper columns, seminars, and flyers pasted on the light poles at ever major intersection. People get suicidal if they can't sell their house for 20% more than they bought it for.
So for 50 years we've been telling people to flip houses, flip houses, flip houses. And those who didn't, got left behind. The result is predictable: Prices of houses have increased far faster than the price of anything else, and definitely faster than income. The numbers vary from place to place, but in general, it's true everywhere in North America. The cost to carry a mortgage on the median home is double the median income. Think about it. The cost to carry a mortgage on the median home is DOUBLE the median income. The average guy simply can't afford to buy a house. The 30% that are lucky enough to inherit a home are okay, the 10% that are rich enough to do what they want are okay, but the 60% below that are all struggling.
So you can blame it on Democrats in California, but who do you blame it on in Republican Oklahoma or Nebraska? It's the same problem everywhere. Bottom line, the only political solution is to raise the capital gains tax on houses until flipping houses stops being a get-rich-quick scheme, and houses start being seen as a place to live, not a speculative asset. As far as I can see no party has the balls to come out and say that. Maybe the Communists, I don't know. Certainly no mainstream party.
Helping the auto industry? Have you looked at the numbers? Every auto company is losing money, thanks to Trump's destruction of what used to be very efficient continental supply chains.
Cutting waste? I'll believe it when I see it.
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