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Fine. Just fine GOLL.   I’m sure that my exquisitely prepared Ramen noodle cup with leftover tasso and Tony Chachere’s will be appreciated somewhere…

…and ignore that email to your wife about borrowing money for airfare - it was just a joke. 

 

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40 minutes ago, immamac said:

Philadelphia is nowhere even close to a tier 1 city lmao. 

Good point.  He didn't say that.  He said Philly and Denver were tied for 1st on their escape cities.

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Down payment assistance is good and can certainly help.  One of the biggest problem is supply and more specifically affordable supply.  Much of this is still a hangover from the great recession where in its wake many builders simply noped out of single family residential (if they remained a going concern at all) and those who have stuck around have spent much more time energy and effort developing mid and upper tier homes.  Yes builders like Pulte, Centex etc are still there but not nearly enough of that kind of what is now 200-500K stock being built when compared with 500-1M and 1M plus type builds.  

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7 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

What daylight do you see between what she's talking about and price controls?  It's not like we're the only ones that say it looks like that.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/15/kamala-harris-price-gouging-groceries/

 

https://time.com/7011214/kamala-harris-campaign-federal-ban-price-gouging-food-groceries-inflation/

Better stuff than I found, assuming the Harris/Warren bill is part of it.  That seems unusually vague for Warren.  The Newsweek article is more like the stuff I found, which a lot less resembles any kind of price control and really also seems directed at other behaviors.

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8 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Down payment assistance is good and can certainly help.  One of the biggest problem is supply and more specifically affordable supply.  Much of this is still a hangover from the great recession where in its wake many builders simply noped out of single family residential (if they remained a going concern at all) and those who have stuck around have spent much more time energy and effort developing mid and upper tier homes.  Yes builders like Pulte, Centex etc are still there but not nearly enough of that kind of what is now 200-500K stock being built when compared with 500-1M and 1M plus type builds.  

Also hurting inventory is the influx of sfr investors, either small scale as people buy 1-5 homes for long term or short term leasing, or as a large scale corporate investment. 

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2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

It's the same problem with paying off people's student loans - it just incentivizes universities to charge more and exacerbates the issue. 

 

This is not how tuition works in higher ed. 

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46 minutes ago, mr.goodkat said:

no shit they could at least drop them on the grill for a couple of seconds 

 

 

Ate there the other day and had fajitas.  They put the cold sad tortillas in foil as a pretense that they had warmed them.  Not going back.

 

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Huge cash infusion for Trump ….

 

Is this the woman he made the Medal of Freedom> Medal of Honor comment about?  He said she was beautiful.

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Just now, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I can’t attend, but an invitation would have been appreciated.

Why would I invite you?  Every time I'm in New York, you find some excuse not to hang out with me.  "I'm in London that week."  "I'm in Cape Town that month."  Yeah--likely story.

It fucking feels like high school again every goddamned time I got to New York.

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2 hours ago, Mdhorn said:

One of my favorite comments regarding Trump: "He knows nothing about everything."

Joirnalist David Cay Johnson, who has know Donald since the 80's, described him as "appallingly ignorant".

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9 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Huge cash infusion for Trump ….

 

 

6 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


as a MFFL, I can say clearly: FUCK CUBAN, FUCK ADELSON, AND FUCK THE MAVS UNTIL SHE DIES

yeah, fuck this.

3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

This is not how tuition works in higher ed. 

lol, no kidding. it's the same people bitching that a $25k down payment assistance will just make the houses go up $25k in price. that's not how it fucking works at all. idiots.

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1 hour ago, Enchubben said:

If you can’t afford a FHA loan with a 3.5% down payment, your chosen house is too expensive or you shouldn’t be buying a home. We should be focusing on policies that lower costs and reduce the inflation of the last 3 years so that people can afford to keep their homes once they’re in one rather than giving them the down payment on a home.
 

 

 

32 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

Thank you for making my point. Yes, shit is expensive, and people that can’t save 3.5% shouldn’t be buying $700k starter homes. It’s not like expenses go away once you move into the house. Shit actually gets more expensive, I guess we just cover that too right?

Anyways, I’m all for getting rid of the mortgage interest deduction too. I think I was able to claim it for 3 years or something and it was never significant. Then again, i bought a reasonable home which I could afford without help from anyone else. But I’m a hypocritical welfare queen or something like that soooo

Are you under the impression that it’s the people who already own homes that are being disproportionally hurt by high interest rates? The people that already got into homes and probably refinanced at 2-4% during COVID? 
 

Also, there aren’t a lot of cheaper “starter homes” these days. I bought a townhome n 2014 for 215k. The person I just sold it to, sold it for 450k. My next home as appreciated like 50% since we bought it. Which is great until we curiously looked to sell it and see what we could get elsewhere only to realize we’d have to use most of those profits and move to a worse neighborhood and buy a shittier home to have the same mortgage rates we have now because of interest. 
 

Yeah, the housing market is fine. 

5 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Why would I invite you?  Every time I'm in New York, you find some excuse not to hang out with me.  "I'm in London that week."  "I'm in Cape Town that month."  Yeah--likely story.

It fucking feels like high school again every goddamned time I got to New York.

She’s full of shit, she’s not coming back to Texas for anything short of a funeral. 

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Hey, are you and [mention=251]Pescado_Rojo[/mention] and [mention=671]Kyrie Eleison[/mention] coming over to my house for Election Night drink-a-thon against this year?  If so, you better bring your top-drawer hot dish, my friend.

I mean, I assumed we’d have a hot dish pot luck for the occasion. Are we not?
Don’t invite me again, thanks 

Sigh. Now you’ve hurt his feelings, GOLL. We gotta invite him now.
no shit they could at least drop them on the grill for a couple of seconds 
 
 

Of the many, many things I hate about Torchy’s (and I hate almost EVERYTHING about Torchy’s), this is top of the list. It takes no fucking effort to at least warm a mediocre tortilla..and they don’t even do that. Fuck them.
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If you really want to help housing prices, not only let them in but encourage migrants to come in to build them. Outlaw all sales taxes on all building materials in the supply chain. Force municipalities to cap building and utility fees and subsidize them with general funds. And cut all income taxes on gains on land sales to home builders and apartment developers. Treat all investments in new housing and apartments like opportunity zones.

Don’t just give people money. Cut the god damn cost.

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3 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I've got some fireworks saved back for that joyful occasion.  I don't care if there's a burn ban on, I'm fixing a couple of nice ribeyes with baked potatoes, mushrooms, and asparagus, getting a bottle of the best champagne my poor ass can afford, feasting, then setting the fireworks off.  If any of my neighbors don't like it, they can go shit in a hat.

Bruce Willis Party GIF by IFC

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1 minute ago, tbone_ said:

If you really want to help housing prices, not only let them in but encourage migrants to come in to build them. Outlaw all sales taxes on all building materials in the supply chain. Force municipalities to cap building and utility fees. And cut all income taxes on gains on land sales to home builders and apartment developers.

Don’t just give people money. Cut the god damn cost.

Best way is to mandate density.  The problem is people don't want it.  They've bought into the suburban dream of a yard even if it means they're almost in Southern Oklahoma living in "Dallas."

You get these people that buy way out there, get a Tahoe or something and then when gas goes up 2 years later, blame Biden for their gas prices.

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2 hours ago, Enchubben said:

Comparing the mortgage interest deduction and the proposed $25K down payment support is silly since they operate in very different ways (who it directly benefits, how much they benefit, and when)

It's a very simple way to increase the cost of homes by another $10K - $25K while also adding to our deficit. It's the same problem with paying off people's student loans - it just incentivizes universities to charge more and exacerbates the issue.  At a higher level, I hate it because it's pandering for votes with tax dollars, which, to be fair, is equally dumb when Trump (and I guess Kamala now too?) offer handouts for child tax credits and not taxing tips.  Every single fuckstick running for office, except probably RFKjr, seem to have no issue with spending us into oblivion. 

I shouldn't be surprised that voters fall for this shit every cycle though, much of the voting population consists of dumb selfish idiots that can't manage a lemonade stand, much less a budget or understand basic economics. 

It's like you have no understanding of not just American politics, but any politics.

And lulz on RFKjr.  That dude would spend like a sailor on shore leave, but keep telling yourself he's different.  He IS different; it's just that he's nuttier than a squirrel's diaper.

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36 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Good point.  He didn't say that.  He said Philly and Denver were tied for 1st on their escape cities.

Mea culpa probably should post less while driving in the middle of nowhere Nebraska. 

Made it to the wonderful Sioux City IA though. About to hit up the hard rock and just slayed some dogs and burgers at Milwaukee Weiner Co. 

Saw some swastikas etched into the sidewalk haha. 

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31 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Down payment assistance is good and can certainly help.  One of the biggest problem is supply and more specifically affordable supply.  Much of this is still a hangover from the great recession where in its wake many builders simply noped out of single family residential (if they remained a going concern at all) and those who have stuck around have spent much more time energy and effort developing mid and upper tier homes.  Yes builders like Pulte, Centex etc are still there but not nearly enough of that kind of what is now 200-500K stock being built when compared with 500-1M and 1M plus type builds.  

This and the fact that new home starts cratered during COVID - right as they were starting to recover.

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Billionaires buying elections is SO fucked. Citizens United proponents need to be strung up by the balls upside down and left for dead.

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And then Jesus said please sell Bibles and make 300K in my name

 

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4 hours ago, RDCanecutter said:

Am I mistaken, or was Vance a Corporal simply because the Marine Corps doesn't have a Spec 4 rank?

The Army has both, so a Spec 4 would be in an office typing up press releases, and a Corporal would be out commanding troops and doing War shit. Spec 4s can do war shit too, but they are not considered NCOs. When I was a Spec 4 I called the rank "High Private."

In the modern Army, the rank of Corporal has been pretty rare, although my Kid was one when he was infantry.  You have the responsibility of an NCO, for the pay of a Specialist.  

In the last few years, the Army has announced that they intend to pin Corporal on more and more men, so when they make Sgt. they will have more leadership experience. 

 

In July 2021, the US Army began a change to require all soldiers to serve as corporals before being promoted to sergeant. The change is part of an effort to develop junior leaders and combat misconduct. The change went into effect on June 1, 2022 for active-duty soldiers and October 1, 2022 for reservists. 

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Mea culpa probably should post less while driving in the middle of nowhere Nebraska. 
Made it to the wonderful Sioux City IA though. About to hit up the hard rock and just slayed some dogs and burgers at Milwaukee Weiner Co. 
Saw some swastikas etched into the sidewalk haha. 

There is a restaurant outside the meat packing plant in South Sioux City that gives you a free, vanilla soft serve ice cream cone with every meal.
That’s the only good thing I have to say about the area.
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29 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

If you really want to help housing prices, not only let them in but encourage migrants to come in to build them. Outlaw all sales taxes on all building materials in the supply chain. Force municipalities to cap building and utility fees and subsidize them with general funds. And cut all income taxes on gains on land sales to home builders and apartment developers. Treat all investments in new housing and apartments like opportunity zones.

Don’t just give people money. Cut the god damn cost.

Or just severely restrict exclusionary zoning or just outright ban it. We've largely manufactured the housing crisis by artificially dampening the supply through outdated land use policies that are exploited primarily by homeowners who don't want homes built near them. 

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5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

“Invent”

hey, should we throw all of this pork waste away, or can it and sell it to poors and Hawaiians?

As a resident haole, spam is underrated. Also much higher quality and less pig assholish than your standard pork hot dog. Shit ain’t cheap. 

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Or just severely restrict exclusionary zoning or just outright ban it. We've largely manufactured the housing crisis by artificially dampening the supply through outdated land use policies that are exploited primarily by homeowners who don't want homes built near them. 

Also true. But that doesn’t change the fact that all housing is really fucking expensive to build right now. Apartments I build today cost more than 2.5x apartments I was building 10 years ago. Nearly triple.

And oh by the way, it doesn’t get built unless the profit is enough to attract capital. Guess what interest rates did to that? Caused less to be built. So guess what that does to prices?

Zoning is certainly a part. But the biggest part is cost. Land. Labor. Materials. Fees. Capital.
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